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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. Back in the U.S., Marcus's mom was getting depressed because Marcus had been missing for how long in Chapter 11?

2. Who remained insistent that Marcus was alive in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 10, Marcus wrote a note stating that the villagers helped him, and who took it to the military base?

4. Marcus was trying to make contact by radio after the battle ended in Chapter 8, but he couldn't speak for what reason?

5. By what month had many people in Marcus's hometown lost hope in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the atmosphere at Marcus's parents home in Chapter 10?

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

3. In what ways did the villagers show generosity in protecting Marcus in Chapter 11? How did he attempt to repay them?

4. Where did Marcus and his team members head after landing in Chapter 7?

5. How is Marcus's family's plight described in Chapter 9? What was being reported in the news about the mission?

6. Who did Marcus encounter relating to his mission in Chapter 11? What did he do?

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

8. How was Danny rescued by the team in Chapter 7? What injuries had he sustained?

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

10. Who told the men to fall back in the beginning of Chapter 8? How was Marcus saved by a fallen log in the chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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