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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Trench Foot.
(b) Syphillis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Salmonella.

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

3. Where did the trainees go for advanced shooting and tactics, demolitions, and field training in Chapter 5?
(a) Panama City, Florida.
(b) Fort Benning, Georgia.
(c) San Clemente Island.
(d) Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

4. Who gave a pep talk and told the trainees to just try to make it through each day in Chapter 4?
(a) Captain Peterson.
(b) Admiral Mullin.
(c) Captain Maguire.
(d) Colonel Collins.

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Baby Seals... and Big Ole Gators."
(b) "Welcome to Hell, Gentlemen."
(c) "Like the Remnants of a Ravaged Army."
(d) "To Afghanistan... In a Flying Warehouse."

Short Answer Questions

1. Saddam Hussein was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 1979 until what year?

2. The men went approximately how many hours without sleep and with extreme physical exertion, fending off hallucinations, in Chapter 5 during Hell Week?

3. Petty Officer Shane Patton was how old in the narrative?

4. Senior Chief Daniel Richard Healy and Marcus were on the same team for how long?

5. After three days without sleep, the men were sent to their tents for how much rest in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcus reflect upon as the team is flying in Chapter 2? How does he describe his family?

2. Where was Marcus and his team headed for their mission in Chapter 1? How did they feel about their objective?

3. How is Shane Patton described in Chapter 1? How did Marcus relate to Shane?

4. What was revealed in the briefing with Marcus's team in Chapter 6?

5. What does the author relate of his father in Chapter 2? How did his father influence him to become a Navy SEAL?

6. How did Hell Week conclude in Chapter 5, according to the author? How many of the men lasted through the week?

7. Where did Marcus and five others leave from for a mission in Chapter 1? How did they travel? Why did they complain?

8. How did the author describe Danny in Chapter 1? How did Danny act toward the other members of the team?

9. How much rest time were the trainees given during Hell Week in Chapter 5? What was one of their final tests?

10. In what ways did the instructors push the trainees in Chapter 5? What happened when Marcus was hospitalized?

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