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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 is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person?

2. Senior Chief Daniel Richard Healy had how many children in the narrative?

3. Marcus left home on March 7, 1999 when he was how old, according to Chapter 3?

4. After Marcus completed BUD/S, he went to jump school where in Chapter 5?

5. What refers to a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the trainees face after Hell Week ended in Chapter 5? How many men made it to phase three?

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

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

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

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

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. Where was Marcus traveling in the Prologue? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Ahmad Shah and the "Mountain Tigers." What role did Ahmad Shah play within the Taliban? Why was he considered a threat to the U.S.? What was Marcus's team's objective upon finding Sharmak?

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