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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Shiites.
(c) Dolomites.
(d) Pashtuns.

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

3. Who was Marcus' best friend in the Afghan village?
(a) Gulab.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Ahmad.
(d) Sharmak.

4. Marcus realized he was being tracked by people who had what in Chapter 9?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) GPS.
(d) Goats.

5. Marcus' father was a veteran of what war?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

6. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "An American Fugitive Cornered by the Taliban."
(b) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."
(c) "Blown-up, Shot, and Presumed Dead."
(d) "Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!"

7. In Chapter 10, Marcus drank by pouring drink into his mouth rather than sipping from it so he wouldn't get what?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Gingivitis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Malaria.

8. At the end of Chapter 8, as he lay hidden, Marcus killed how many Taliban fighters who could have found him?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

9. How many goatherds did Marcus's team encounter, along with a fourteen-year-old boy in Chapter 7?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

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

12. Marcus refused to drink from the river because of what, in Chapter 9?
(a) Animals bathed in it.
(b) There were dead fish everywhere.
(c) It flowed past his dead comrades.
(d) People urinated in it.

13. In Chapter 11, Marcus was furious that he had done what during the thunderstorm instead of leaving?
(a) Slept.
(b) Took a shower.
(c) Drank heavily.
(d) Called home.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the villagers give Marcus for the severe pain he was feeling in Chapter 10?

2. Back in Texas there were now nearly how many people trying to stay optimistic in Chapter 11?

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

4. Who talked with Marcus's mother, telling her that Marcus was not dead in their opinion in Chapter 11?

5. A young boy around 17 came into Marcus' room, and enjoyed watching what, in Chapter 10?

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