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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. Who was Marcus Luttrell traveling to meet with in the Prologue of the book?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

3. On what date was Marcus's team finally given the go-ahead for the mission to get Sharmak in Chapter 6?

4. How many men dropped out before lunch the first day of BUD/S in Chapter 4?

5. What month was it when six of the men left Bahrain to go on a mission in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does the author describe Axe in Chapter 1? Who was Axe's best friend?

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

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

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

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 does the author describe the beginning of BUD/S training in Chapter 4? How many men dropped out?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Marcus's training at Fort Benning, the Eighteenth Delta Force, Fort Bragg and Panama City. What did Marcus become certified in through this training? Also discuss the impact of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. How did this event affect Marcus and his view of the military?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the decision to let the goatherds free in Chapter 7. Was this decision ethical? Was it practical? What would the alternative have been? Would you have made the same decision under those circumstances? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Axe in the narrative. How old was Axe? Where was he from? What was his relationship to Marcus? Who was Axe best friends with? What were his physical and psychological characteristics?

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