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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person?
(a) Syphillis.
(b) Salmonella.
(c) Trench Foot.
(d) Typhoid.

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

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

4. Marcus felt that those who quit did so because they weren't heeding whose advice in Chapter 5?
(a) Admiral Mullin's.
(b) Sergeant Davis'.
(c) Captain Peterson's.
(d) Captain Maguire's.

5. What refers to a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel?
(a) Sniper.
(b) Artilery.
(c) Captain.
(d) Infantry.

6. The Taliban is an Islamist militant and political group that ruled large parts of Afghanistan from September 1996 until when?
(a) May 2005.
(b) June 1998.
(c) April 1999.
(d) October 2001.

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

8. What was Sharmak's actual name?
(a) Ahmad Shah.
(b) Gulab Shah.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Osama bin Ladin.

9. How many days would the men spend at Camp Pendleton working at the shooting ranges in Chapter 5?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

10. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) "Baby Seals... and Big Ole Gators."
(b) "To Afghanistan... In a Flying Warehouse."
(c) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."
(d) "Like the Remnants of a Ravaged Army."

11. Where did Mikey's fiancee live in the Prologue of the book?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

12. How many of the initial 98 made it through the first four-week assessment of BUD/S in Chapter 4?
(a) 44.
(b) 21.
(c) 33.
(d) 54.

13. The six members of the team did what so they looked more like Afghan fighters in Chapter 1?
(a) Wore glasses.
(b) Grew beards.
(c) Wore sandals.
(d) Carried more modest weapons.

14. Sharmak commanded a group of insurgents known as what?
(a) "Death Hawks."
(b) "Soaring Eagles."
(c) "Mountain Tigers."
(d) "Snow Leopards."

15. Who was Marcus Luttrell traveling to meet with in the Prologue of the book?
(a) The U.S. President.
(b) His Superior Officers.
(c) The loved ones of his fallen team members.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction?

2. "Al-Qaeda" translates as what in English?

3. Senior Chief Daniel Richard Healy had how many children in the narrative?

4. Who was the U.S. President during the period in which the autobiography takes place?

5. 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?

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