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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 the title of Chapter 2?

2. How tall was Axe in the narrative?

3. Marcus went to the Eighteenth Delta Force medical program located where, in Chapter 5?

4. What refers to the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction?

5. In Chapter 4, the men were told that what percentage of them would quit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Marcus pursue more training following BUD/S in Chapter 5? In what did he train?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Marcus's family ranch in Texas. How did Marcus's father relate to his sons? What did Marcus learn about finance through the oil industry? Where was Marcus's twin brother when he was deployed to Afghanistan? How close was he with his brother?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Afghan War, al Qaeda, and the Taliban, and analyze the mission of Marcus's team in Chapter 1. Where was Marcus's team deployed? When did the U.S. enter into war with Afghanistan? What has been the impact of the war?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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