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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12- Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Axe's wife in the narrative?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Heather.
(d) Holly.

2. Who founded al-Qaeda?
(a) Osama bin Ladin.
(b) Gulab Aminabad.
(c) Ahmad Shah.
(d) George W. Bush.

3. Who insisted that helicopters would come, then took Marcus out of the village into the mountains in Chapter 11?
(a) Sarawa.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Gulab.
(d) Sharmak.

4. The men went approximately how many hours without sleep and with extreme physical exertion, fending off hallucinations, in Chapter 5 during Hell Week?
(a) 24.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

5. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "The Final Battle for Murphy's Ridge."
(b) "Reports of My Death Greatly Exaggerated."
(c) "Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!"
(d) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus learned that there was an American military base how far away from the village in Chapter 10?

2. By what month had many people in Marcus's hometown lost hope in Chapter 10?

3. What tradition did Marcus come to understand that as a wounded stranger he would be given aid and protected against enemies at all costs in Chapter 11?

4. Sharmak commanded a group of insurgents known as what?

5. In Chapter 11, the Taliban fighters were threatening the villagers, demanding that they do what?

(see the answer key)

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