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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A young boy around 17 came into Marcus' room, and enjoyed watching what, in Chapter 10?
(a) Soldiers beat him.
(b) The goats.
(c) The sunset.
(d) Television.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Who remained insistent that Marcus was alive in Chapter 10?
(a) Morgan.
(b) Holly.
(c) David.
(d) Axe.

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

7. What is an unwritten code of life and traditional way found among Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan, dating to the pre-Islamic era?
(a) Karma.
(b) Pashtunwali.
(c) Hari Kari.
(d) Lokhay Warkawal.

8. Marcus rigged up his radio emergency beacon and left it where in Chapter 11?
(a) The windowsill.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In a field.
(d) The rooftop.

9. Marcus tried to pay Gulab for his kindness by giving him what in Chapter 11?
(a) Some coins.
(b) His watch.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

10. Back in Texas there were now nearly how many people trying to stay optimistic in Chapter 11?
(a) 300.
(b) 35.
(c) 120.
(d) 250.

11. Not long after encountering the goatherds, Marcus's team found themselves surrounded by approximately how many heavily armed Taliban warriors in Chapter 7?
(a) 50-75.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 40-60.
(d) 80-100.

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

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

14. Marcus used an infrared strobe light and the laser from what to signal the regular U.S. flyby in Chapter 8?
(a) His shotgun.
(b) His rangefinder.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His keychain.

15. Marcus was was mentally reciting which Psalm from the Bible when he heard water in Chapter 9?
(a) The 4th Psalm.
(b) The 12th Psalm.
(c) The 18th Psalm.
(d) The 23rd Psalm.

Short Answer Questions

1. With his last words, Axe asked Marcus to do what?

2. Marcus was trying to make contact by radio after the battle ended in Chapter 8, but he couldn't speak for what reason?

3. What tradition did Marcus come to understand that as a wounded stranger he would be given aid and protected against enemies at all costs in Chapter 11?

4. The Taliban fighters shot down what aircraft that attempted to help Marcus in Chapter 8?

5. What was Marcus next to when he was discovered by the villagers in Chapter 9?

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