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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 does SEAL stand for in the U.S. Navy SEALs?

2. What test did Marcus fail the first time around, as did many others, but passed his second time in Chapter 5?

3. How tall was Axe in the narrative?

4. By the end of the fourth week of training, how many men remained in Chapter 5?

5. James Suh was how old in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did phase three of the training entail in Chapter 5? Where were the men trained? How many remained by the end of the fourth week?

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

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

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

5. What did Captain Maguire tell Marcus's training class in Chapter 4? How many men made it through the first four-week assessment?

6. What does the author discuss regarding the ethics and politics of war in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the strategy of Marcus's team after being surrounded in Chapter 7. How did the team attempt to escape the situation? How many fighters were there? How was the team able to hold off so many fighters for as long as they did?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Marcus's family ranch in Texas. How did Marcus's father relate to his sons? What did Marcus learn about finance through the oil industry? Where was Marcus's twin brother when he was deployed to Afghanistan? How close was he with his brother?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the injuries sustained by Danny, Axe and Mikey in Chapter 7, and analyze the structure of the narrative. How does Chapter 7 illustrate the rising action of the narrative? How has the momentum of the action changed in this chapter? What precedes the rising action in the book?

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