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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. One of the trainees' last tests during Hell Week was known at what in Chapter 5?

2. Senior Chief Daniel Richard Healy was how old in the narrative?

3. The men went approximately how many hours without sleep and with extreme physical exertion, fending off hallucinations, in Chapter 5 during Hell Week?

4. What was the training called in which men burst into the room with machine guns blaring as they shot the lights out in Chapter 4?

5. When did the World Trade Tower attacks take place in the United States?

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

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

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

5. What does Marcus reflect upon as the team is flying in Chapter 2? How does he describe his family?

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

7. How does the author describe Mikey in Chapter 1? What did Marcus like about Mikey?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the developments in the war in Afghanistan today. How has President Obama's strategy in the war differed from that of George W. Bush? How has support for the war evolved in the past five years? Would Marcus agree or disagree with the state of the war?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Marcus's interrogation by the Taliban in Chapter 10. How did the Taliban know Marcus was in the village? Why did they obey the village elder when he told them they were not allowed to take Marcus? What dangers did the Taliban pose to the villagers?

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