Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Questions I have about Purple Heart

  1. Where did matts partner Justin go?
  2. What actually happened to Matt Duffy?
  3. Why did Francis shoot his Squad leader?

    These are some questions about the text that ive read so far I hope I get an answer to them soon enough

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Purple Heart Questions

True\False

  1. When Private Matt Duffy woke up he was in a hospital bed in Iraq?

    TRUE

    FALSE

1A True

  1. Did Matt Duffy's doctor tell him he had a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)?

    True

    False

2a True

  1. Did the president himself give Matt Duffy the Purple Heart?

    True

    False

    3a False

  2. When Matt Duffy wakes up there is a priest in his room?

    True

    False

    4a True

  3. Is the Hospital that Matt Duffy in was once a hospital for Saddam Hussein's friends?

    True

    False

5a True

Multiple Choice

  1. The priest that was in Matt's room was wearing a?
  • Oakland A's Baseball cap
  • San Francisco 49er's shirt
  • Tampa Bay Rays Cap
  • Detroit Lions Cap

1a Oakland A's Baseball Cap

  1. The priest told matt that if he could pick up a gun and fire it they wouldn't send him to which country?
  • England
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Germany

2a. Germany

  1. Justin is one of Matt's squad members which one is another?
  • Jason
  • Wolf
  • Billy
  • Joel

3a Wolf

  1. Matt got a chance to see his doctors name what was it?
  • J. Kwong
  • M. rose
  • K. King
  • L. Gilmore

4a J. Kwong

  1. What was the name of matt's unit?
  • The five hundred and forth
  • The two hundred and fifteenth
  • The one hundred and third
  • The four hundred and tenth

5a the one hundred and third


Matching

c Matt's injury a. Justin

s One member of matt's team b. RPG

b What matt got hit by c. Traumatic brain injury

e The name of the area where matt is d. three men in a taxi

d What matt and his squad were chasing e. Green Zone

short answer

  1. The name of the city where matt got hit?

    1a Sadr City

  2. What is the name of Matt's sister?

    2a Lizzy

  3. What is the name of matt's girlfriend?

    3a Caroline

  4. How old is matt?

    4a 18 years old

  5. What month is Matt's girlfriend's birthday?

    5a September

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Purple Heart

This book tackles the big question of injuries while at war. The main character Private Matt Duffy suffers A Traumatic Brain Injury or as it is called TBI while at war in Iraq. He cant help but think that he has done something that doesn't remember. He thinks that the doctors treating him know what happened to him but wont tell him. Eventually he realizes that the other members of his squad are in the same room as him some of their names are Justin and another ones name is Wolf. Matt wakes to a man in military uniform and the man gives him the Purple Heart. In the beginning he fall in and out of conciseness because of his TBI. Eventually he is able to stay awake and figure out that he was still in Baghdad but in what the nurse described as the Green Zone. Matt remembered that him and his squad were instructed to patrol Sadr City. Sadr City is an insurgent hotbed. He learns that his doctor s name is Dr. Kwong. Justin says that he thought that matt was a goner. He said that matt was on the reciving end of a RPG. Then Justin tells matt he whole story that they were chasing a taxi and it got away from them so they went into an abandoned house and went up to the top floor and started to scan the horizon for snipers and then the RPG hit the wall 20 feet away from Matt. After a little while a female officer came in and told him he needed to call home before the army can put out a press release of what happened to Matt and is squad. So he calls home and tells his mom what happened to him.