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Before the opening of the book, Ben Raines served in Vietnam. What unit did he serve with?

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U. S. Army Special Ops, Hell Hounds. Under Col. Dean Ben served in what is called in the book the roughest, meanest group of killers in the Army.



Ben is told by his commanding officer to remember a two-word phrase. What is it?

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Bold Strike . Col. Dean is already planning a group of highly select "Rebels" during his time in Vietnam. He sees that America is beginning to lean hard to the left and believes that a second revolution may be required to bring her back to center.



After leaving the Army and serving for a time as a Soldier of Fortune in Africa, what profession does Ben take up upon returning to the US?

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Writer. Writing pulp fiction becomes for Raines first a hobby, and then, after he discovers that he is truly good at it, his full-time job.



After the primarily Bacteriological WWIII Ben takes a weapon from a police station, a weapon which will later become famous. What is it?

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.45 Cal Thompson Sub-Machine Gun. While at several points Ben wishes he could find an old B.A.R., he has a long-standing hatred of the M-16A1. The "Chicago Piano" he picks up ends up in later books taking on almost as mystical an aura as Ben himself does.



The first of many women Ben will associate with is a rich woman from his own town that he knows. What was her name?

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Fran. Fran is a liberal, semi-racist old-money type, and while she and Ben do have a relationship for a while, they never really begin to like each other.



Ben leaves the rich woman from his own town with a group of Christians, where she meets her future husband. What is his name?

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Hilton Logan. Hilton Logan later becomes the President of the restored United States government, and Ben's greatest nemesis. (Thomas Jefferson Johnson was Eddie Murphy's character in "The Distinguished Gentleman".)



Ben's brother, Carl, has hooked up with a racist Nazi-wannabe mercenary in the suburbs of Chicago. What is his name?

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Jeb Fargo. Sam Hartline is a mercenary, but he doesn't get introduced until the second book in the series, "Fire in the Ashes". Willie Washington is Kasim's real name. Cecil Jefferys is the black man that Ben meets immediately after leaving Chicago, who ends up first leading the "New Africa" movement, and later becoming Ben's second in command in the Tri-States.



At which military base does Ben learn that the US government is being reformed?

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Shaw A.F.B.. While the others are indeed military bases, Shaw A.F.B. is where Ben meets and kills a group of older officers, and incidentally learns more about the Rebels whom he has been, albeit unwilling, placed in charge of.



After the incident at the military base where Ben learns that the US government is being reformed, Ben finally contacts his Rebel Army. Who is the first Rebel he speaks to?

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Lieutenant Conger. Ben argues with the poor Lieutenant that a Colonel has no authority to make him a General, but the Lieutenant, who is Colonel Dean's nephew, disagrees.



After speaking with the Rebels, Ben acquires a dog named Juno. What breed of dog is Juno?

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Malamute. Juno adopts Ben in a park, after Ben feeds him. Sadly, during the assault on the Tri-States Juno, now old and mostly blind, will be killed, but not before he rips the throat out of an invading Major.



Ben meets Ignatious "Ike" McGowan, a former Navy SEAL, while he is running a small radio station. What were the radio station's call letters?

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KUNT. As Ike says "It's a little fuzzy around the edges man, but mighty fine, mighty fine." Ike will later become one of Ben's BattComms (that's Battalion Commander for the non-military types) as well as one of his best friends.



Ben also meets a former Navy Captain by the name of Lamar Chase. What is Lamar's specialty?

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Doctor. Dr. Chase will become the head of the Tri-States hospital systems, as well as Ben's personal doctor.



Ben eventually takes command of the Rebel Army. He orders them to move into, and secure, three of the former United States. Which ones?

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Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. This is the area that will become the Tri-States.



After forming the Tri-States an attempt is made on Ben's life. Who tries to kill him?

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Carl Raines. Yes, Ben's own brother tries to kill him. The fact that Ben kills his own brother causes the new government of the United States to leave the Tri-States alone for awhile.



The Rebels are faced with a mutated form of a very old disease in this novel. Which one?

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Bubonic Plauge. Carried by fleas on the backs of mutated rats swarming out of Florida, this new form of the plague nearly wipes out the remaining population of the United States.



Vice President Lowry begins a campaign to censor the press. Which mercenary does he order to head this campaign?

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Sam Hartline . Sam Hartline, who will become one of Ben's greatest enemies throughout the first six book in the series, is one of the most brutal people I've ever read about. His methods would have made Hitler proud.



V.P. Lowry also orders the highest form of gun control possible, attempting to leave citizens with only pistols and .22 caliber rifles. What agency does he use for this program?

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F.B.I.. Okay, so H.A.L.F.A.S.S. doesn't come in till later. (By the way, the whole name of that particular orginazation is: Help America Live, Fight, And Stay Safe.)



An old man who is supposedly a conduit for God's Voice appears to Ben in Little Rock, Arkansas. What is this man called? The..

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Prophet . Also called Nutsy by quite a few of Ben's troops, this man warns Ben that he will become a god in his troop's eyes, and that his dreams for a free America will not be realized within his lifetime.



At the beginning of Book 2 within this novel is a famous quote: "If blood be the price of admiralty Lord God we ha' paid in full." Who wrote the story this quote is from?

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Kipling. I can never remember exactly where this quote comes from, but its truth is timeless.



At one point, for a short time, Ben is the legal President of the United States. Who does he appoint as his Vice President?

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Cecil Jefferys. Until the plague strikes and Ben officially dissolves the U.S. government in it entirety, America finally has a black Vice President.



How, exactly, does Ben become President?

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He is appointed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After the death of President Lowry in a double-cross by V.P. Lowry, the Joint Chiefs decide that Ben is the right man to run the country.



In the basement where Ben meets the old man from question 4, the Rebels have discovered the mutant offspring from what species?

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Human. The mutant child is nearly human except for its hands, feet, and jaw.



Ben Raines, the ex-soldier and mercenary was enjoying his simple life when he received a phone call that said "Bold Strike". He also got a visit from a stranger telling him what?

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that his former buddies were alive and planning to overthrow the government. Ben thought that Bull Dean and Carl Adams were killed in battle, so he didn't believe him. He was a writer at the time and had been visited by the F B I for his outspoken views on the declining morals of America.



His former friends had set in motion a rogue nuclear sub that fired nuclear warheads. They responded with Nuclear,Biological and Chemical weapons. How did Ben survive this attack?

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He was stung by a nest of yellowjackets. He was allergic to bee stings and went into a coma. Upon waking he found nothing but destruction,havoc and the silence of death.



After he woke up,he went into town and stocked up on food,medicines and weapons. When he was finished stocking his truck with supplies, what did he do?

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He went home and got drunk. He did all of these selections at some point in the book but didn't have a plan of action. He just wanted to see what had become of the nation.



While he was in the Sheriff's office,what did he find that would become his trademark?

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A Thompson Submachine Gun. He used all of these at one point or another but he used the "Tommy-Gun" for its intimidation factor.



At one point in his travels he met Cecil Jeffreys that would later join him in the country he forms. Before that what did Cecil and his followers found?

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New Africa. After the reformed U S government wiped out New Africa, Cecil and those who were left followed Ben to his newly formed nation. The two others were fictional places and the last is what all the survivors wanted.



After waking up with a hangover, Ben had Ike radio the Rebel army and tell them to meet him where?

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In the Tri-states area. The Tri-states was named after the states of Idaho,Montana and Wyoming. The army on their travels across the nation, they take anything that isn't nailed down. The various groups of Rebels had the codes that let them into all military installations and their underground caches.



As Ben travels back to his home,he meets Cecil and tells him that he is welcome to join him in the Tri-states if anything goes wrong. He also reunites with a women whom he tells that he is in love with. What is her name?

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Salina. Salina is the mother of his two adopted children. Jerre is a young woman who he picks up outside Charlottesville,Virginia and falls in love with. She later follows him to the Tri-states. Tina is his adopted daughter. And in future books Rose becomes one of his battalion commanders.



As Ben travels to the Tri-states he adopts a stray dog. What did he name it?

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Juno. Juno actually adopted Ben and they became inseperable. Juno lived with Ben until a ripe old age.



After Ben and his followers reached the Tri-states, the reorganized central government led by a corrupt,weak and devious President Hilton Logan became jealous of the success of the Tri-states. He ordered the complete and total destruction of it and its followers. What did Ben tell him would happen to him and his cabinet if they did?

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He told them they would be eliminated one by one. Ben unleashed his "Zero" squads to eliminate the members of President Logan's cabinet and Logan was eliminated by Ben's personal body guard, Badger,who gave his life for the rebel cause. Ben also lost his wife, Salina and his son Jack. He gathers the survivors and heads to the wilderness and lives to fight another day. If you like this quiz, there will be plenty more.