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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction?
(a) Remodeling.
(b) Demolition.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Ground war.

2. Mikey was whose best friend in the narrative?
(a) Axe's.
(b) David's.
(c) Morgan's.
(d) Marcus'.

3. What was the training called in which men burst into the room with machine guns blaring as they shot the lights out in Chapter 4?
(a) Meteor Shower.
(b) Starry Night.
(c) Shock and Awe.
(d) Blackout.

4. How tall was Axe in the narrative?
(a) 5'7".
(b) 5'10".
(c) 6'4".
(d) 6'9".

5. Al-Qaeda was founded sometime between what years?
(a) 1988-1989.
(b) 1973-1981.
(c) 1956-1960.
(d) 1982-1984.

6. Marcus received his Trident on what date in Chapter 5?
(a) January 31, 2002.
(b) September 11, 2005.
(c) April 4, 2000.
(d) May 19, 2003.

7. Petty Officer Shane Patton was how old in the narrative?
(a) 19.
(b) 26.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

8. Marcus went to the SDV school (submarines) where in Chapter 5?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Anchorage, Alaska.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Panama City, Florida.

9. Saddam Hussein was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 1979 until what year?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2005.

10. What was Axe's full name and title?
(a) Petty Officer James Axel Williams.
(b) Petty Officer Matthew Gene Axelson.
(c) Petty Officer Dennis Elliot Aximov.
(d) Petty Officer Shane James Axelson.

11. After Marcus completed BUD/S, he went to jump school where in Chapter 5?
(a) San Clemente Island.
(b) Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
(c) Panama City, Florida.
(d) Fort Benning, Georgia.

12. One of the trainees' last tests during Hell Week was known at what in Chapter 5?
(a) The gauntlet.
(b) The Atlas hike.
(c) Survival Saturday.
(d) The around-the-world paddle.

13. After three days without sleep, the men were sent to their tents for how much rest in Chapter 5?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 1 hour and 45 minutes.

14. Who was the U.S. President during the period in which the autobiography takes place?
(a) George W. Bush.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Marcus had experienced his last day of what?
(a) Indoc.
(b) BUD/S.
(c) Hell Week.
(d) Basic training.

Short Answer Questions

1. Senior Chief Daniel Richard Healy was how old in the narrative?

2. Marcus left home on March 7, 1999 when he was how old, according to Chapter 3?

3. What month was it when six of the men left Bahrain to go on a mission in Chapter 1?

4. What does BUD/S stand for?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 4, Marcus noticed that over how many of the men who started out in the class never finished?

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