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Name ________________________________________________ Period ____________ Today’s Date _____________“The Guys Who Got bin Laden” QuestionsEnglish 9 (Mrs. Miceli)Directions: Read the nonfiction article “The Guys Who Got bin Laden.” Then answer the multiple-choice and critical thinking questions below.Which pair of words BEST describes the characteristics of a Navy Seal? hardworking and arrogant muscular and aggressive intelligent and disciplined small and toughWhat is the main reason that the U.S. wanted to catch bin Laden? He had been hiding for 10 years. He was forming another terrorist group. He had secret technology. He organized the 9/11 attacks.What is the most likely reason the author chose to begin the article in the second-person (you) voice? to convince the reader to become a Navy SEAL to explain why the bin Laden mission was so important to show how being a Navy SEAL is a lot like playing a video game to create drama by placing the reader in the middle of an intense Navy SEAL mission4. Why do less than 25 percent of those who apply to be Navy SEALs graduate? They don’t have college degrees. The training is extremely difficult. Learning so many languages is difficult. They get homesick.5. The article states, “The bin Laden mission also shone a spotlight on the Navy SEALs.” What does this mean? The mission focused attention on the Navy SEALs. Bin Laden’s compound used searchlights to warn of attacks. Failure was not an option for the SEALs. The SEALs stood under bright lights when President Obama congratulated them.6. Which of the following quotes from the article is an opinion? “In recent years, SEALs have carried out hundreds of high-risk operations.” “No one onboard was hurt, though the helicopter was damaged beyond repair.” “SEAL training is the most grueling in the world.”7. Which of the following was NOT found inside bin Laden’s compound? plans for another terrorist attack hostages computers names of other Al Qaeda members8. Complete the following analogy:Navy SEAL’s : military as notebook : paper gymnast : flexible leaf : tree zookeeper : animalsCritical-Thinking Questions: Answer each question using a complete sentence.9. List three (3) ways in which the SEALs prepared for the bin Laden mission. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10. Why might bin Laden’s death have brought “a profound sense of justice” to some people?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Making a Connection: After read the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” how is General Zaroff’s “game” any different from the “bin Laden mission”? Aren’t both hunting a man? Explain. Use the back of this page to answer this question. ................
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