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

2. What does BUD/S stand for?

3. What was the name of Mikey's fiancee described in the Prologue?

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How much rest time were the trainees given during Hell Week in Chapter 5? What was one of their final tests?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Marcus's training in La Posta, Camp Pendleton and San Clemente Island. What did land warfare training entail? How was demolitions training described? What is field training and how is it implemented?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss Marcus's family home in Texas and the news reports involving Marcus's mission. Why did the news believe the team members to all be dead? Who reached out to the family? Who retained belief that Marcus was alive?

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