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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many cracked vertebrae did Marcus have after the battle in Chapter 8?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What did the villagers give Marcus for the severe pain he was feeling in Chapter 10?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Opium.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Hashish.

4. Who burst into the room Marcus was housed in at the village and beat him in Chapter 10?
(a) U.S. Army soldiers.
(b) U.S. Navy SEALs.
(c) The French Resistence.
(d) Taliban fighters.

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

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

7. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."
(b) "Blown-up, Shot, and Presumed Dead."
(c) "Reports of My Death Greatly Exaggerated."
(d) "Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!"

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

9. After retreating over the mountain, Marcus noticed Mikey was shot, and blood was pouring from where, in Chapter 7?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His leg.
(c) His neck.
(d) His hand.

10. 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.

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

12. What man who was the objective of his mission did Marcus see in Chapter 11?
(a) David.
(b) Sarawa.
(c) Sharmak.
(d) Gulab.

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

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

15. When the battle was over in Chapter 8, Marcus couldn't stand because of what reason?
(a) His leg was full of shrapnel.
(b) His neck was broken.
(c) His right knee was broken.
(d) He had no left foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used his mobile phone to try and reach help in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 10, Sarawa left the cave and came back after how many hours had passed?

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

4. Marcus tried to pay Gulab for his kindness by giving him what in Chapter 11?

5. Who was Marcus' best friend in the Afghan village?

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