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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marcus grow up?
(a) Texas.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Montana.

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) "Blown-up, Shot, and Presumed Dead."
(b) "Reports of My Death Greatly Exaggerated."
(c) "Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!"
(d) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."

3. In Chapter 10, Marcus wrote a note stating that the villagers helped him, and who took it to the military base?
(a) Gulab's father.
(b) Sarawa.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Sharmak.

4. When Danny was shot a third time in Chapter 7, it was where?
(a) His leg.
(b) His neck.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His head.

5. Sarawa and other villagers took Marcus away to a cave on what day in Chapter 10?
(a) September 24.
(b) March 8.
(c) January 11.
(d) June 30.

6. Danny died in whose arms in Chapter 8?
(a) Axe's.
(b) Morgan's.
(c) Marcus'.
(d) Mikey's.

7. The Taliban fighters shot down what aircraft that attempted to help Marcus in Chapter 8?
(a) A P-51 Mustang.
(b) A F-15E Strike Eagle.
(c) A F-22 Raptor.
(d) A MH-47.

8. What was the name of the village doctor who was among the villagers who found Marcus in Chapter 9?
(a) Gulab.
(b) Sharmak.
(c) Sarawa.
(d) Ahmad.

9. Marcus was taken from his cave back to the village where who came to visit him regularly in Chapter 10?
(a) The village elders.
(b) The police chief.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) The village children.

10. Who spoke with Sharmak while in the mountains in Chapter 11?
(a) Gulab.
(b) Sarawa.
(c) Mohammad.
(d) Ahmad.

11. Back at the ranch, over how many people had gathered in Chapter 10?
(a) 35.
(b) 75.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

12. Marcus was freed from being stuck under the log by what in Chapter 8?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) A hand grenade.
(c) An RPG.
(d) A truck.

13. Marcus' brother was what?
(a) A Navy SEAL.
(b) A Marine Officer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) An Army Officer.

14. In Chapter 10, Sarawa left the cave saying he would come back in what amount of time?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 8 hours.

15. What are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan?
(a) Sunnis.
(b) Dolomites.
(c) Pashtuns.
(d) Shiites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus refused to drink from the river because of what, in Chapter 9?

2. The term Geneva Convention denotes the agreements of what year, negotiated in the aftermath of the Second World War?

3. After retreating over the mountain, Marcus noticed Mikey was shot, and blood was pouring from where, in Chapter 7?

4. Marcus was given shelter by friendly tribesmen from what village in the narrative?

5. What is an unwritten code of life and traditional way found among Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan, dating to the pre-Islamic era?

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