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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 5?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. Al-Qaeda was founded sometime between what years?

4. Where did Marcus attend Sniper School in Chapter 5?

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author employ foreshadowing when describing his tour in Iraq in Chapter 1?

2. What aspect of training had Marcus just completed at the beginning of Chapter 4? How had his class transformed at this point?

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

4. Where was Marcus traveling in Chapter 1? Why? How did his team feel about their mission?

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

6. How did Marcus feel about the meetings he had in the Prologue? Which meeting was the hardest?

7. How does the author describe the beginning of Hell Week in Chapter 5? Why did Marcus feel several of the men quit?

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

9. Where was Marcus traveling in the Prologue? Why?

10. Where did Marcus pursue more training following BUD/S in Chapter 5? In what did he train?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Afghan War, al Qaeda, and the Taliban, and analyze the mission of Marcus's team in Chapter 1. Where was Marcus's team deployed? When did the U.S. enter into war with Afghanistan? What has been the impact of the war?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss BUD/S training. What does BUD/S stand for? What does the training entail? What were Marcus's experience in BUD/S like? What led up to Hell Week for the trainees? How many quit?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the injuries sustained by Marcus during his escape in Chapter 9. In what state was Marcus when he was discovered by the tribesmen? What is the culture and history of these people? Why did they choose to help Marcus?

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