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

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

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

4. What was the name of Marcus' mother?
(a) Heather.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Holly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus' brother was what?

2. In Chapter 7, Marcus knew that as a medic he could have helped Mikey and Danny, but he was unable to for what reason?

3. Where did Marcus grow up?

4. Danny died in whose arms in Chapter 8?

5. What was the mountain range where the SEAL members were sent to fight the members of the Taliban in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened after Marcus returned to the village from the caves in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

5. How is the atmosphere at Marcus's family's home described in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

9. In what physical and emotional state was Marcus following the battle in Chapter 8?

10. What happened after Marcus and his team released the goatherds in Chapter 7? What led to gunfire erupting?

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