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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Marlantes' first love?
(a) Beth.
(b) Meg.
(c) Annie.
(d) Rachel.

2. Who was the actor playing the main character in the movie that caused Marlantes to want a medal?
(a) Audie Murphy.
(b) Cary Grant.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) John Wayne.

3. What day were the Scouts to rendezvous at a designated location?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

4. What Greek playwright wrote that it takes a mature person to know when lying is good?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Sophocles.

5. Where did Marlantes consider going to desert the Marines?
(a) Sweden or Algeria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Canada or Mexico.

6. What Vietnam War commander made Khe Sanh important militarily?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) William Westmoreland.
(c) John S. McCain
(d) Earle Wheeler.

7. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

8. In Chapter Eight when Marlantes and his company started running into booby traps, how often did they change out the point men?
(a) Every 20 minutes.
(b) Every 15 minutes.
(c) Every 10 minutes.
(d) Every 5 minutes.

9. What was the rank of the officer who told Marlantes to clean up his act?
(a) Major.
(b) Corporal.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

10. What type of a vehicle took the Scouts to their survival training destination"?
(a) Old van.
(b) Pickup truck.
(c) Panel truck.
(d) Station wagon.

11. How old was Maree Ann when Marlantes last saw her?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

12. Where was Marlantes driving in 1967 when President Johnson gave a speech?
(a) Colorado.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Wyoming.

13. What military commander told reporters during Desert Storm that estimates of how many Iraqi soldiers were killed were meaningless?
(a) Robert B. Johnston.
(b) Calvin Waller.
(c) Charles Horner.
(d) Norm Schwarzkopf.

14. How many Spartans died defending Thermopylae?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 142.
(d) 58.

15. How many daughters did Marlantes have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author captured the wonderful bragging of the old-time flatboat men?

2. In Chapter Eight, how far did one kid have to jump when the helicopter pilot lost his nerve and gunned the copter out of the zone too soon?

3. Where was Marlantes headed in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Six, how far were the scorekeepers from the lance corporal?

5. Who was the adult leader of Marlantes' Scout troop who dropped the boys off to learn survival skills?

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