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

2. The articles of which Geneva Convention extensively defined the basic rights of prisoners during war, established protections for the wounded, and established protections for the civilians in and around a war zone?
(a) First.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

3. 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) Hari Kari.
(c) Pashtunwali.
(d) Lokhay Warkawal.

4. What is the name of the town where the American base was near the village in Chapter 11?
(a) Sabray.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Asadabad.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Marcus rigged up his radio emergency beacon and left it where in Chapter 11?

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

4. Marcus' father was a veteran of what war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Marcus fell down the mountainside in Chapter 7? How was he reunited with his team?

2. In what ways did the villagers show generosity in protecting Marcus in Chapter 11? How did he attempt to repay them?

3. When was Marcus taken to a cave by the villagers in Chapter 10? How does he describe the experience?

4. How was Danny rescued by the team in Chapter 7? What injuries had he sustained?

5. How does the author describe Danny's death in Chapter 8?

6. How is Marcus's family's plight described in Chapter 9? What was being reported in the news about the mission?

7. Who reassured Marcus's mother in Chapter 11? What did he tell her?

8. What led up to Marcus discovering water in Chapter 9?

9. What did Marcus encounter as he searched for water in Chapter 9? How does he describe his plight?

10. What happened when Marcus was taken into the village in Chapter 10? Who came and interrogated him?

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