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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 movie had Marlantes seen that made him want a medal?

2. In the incident where body count was exaggerated in Chapter Six, what millimeter high explosives were dropped?

3. In Chapter Seven, how long had it been since the skipper of Marlantes' unit had been at his fraternity house?

4. What was the name of the private in Chapter Six who crawled over with Kool-Aid stains around his mouth?

5. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moral conflict did Marlantes and his friend struggle with in 1967?

2. Describe the conditions for Marlantes' company at the beginning of Chapter Eight.

3. Why were military men urged not to wear their uniforms around citizens, and why did Marlantes often ignored this request?

4. How did Marlantes part from Meg?

5. When Marlantes learned that superior officers hated to chew him out because of all his medals, what did he do?

6. How did the gunner Prairie Dog get his nickname?

7. What did Niemi do and why when a helicopter went down?

8. Who came to meet Marlantes when he came home?

9. Why was lying about kills prevalent in Vietnam?

10. How did Marlantes' first wife feel about his book, "What is it Like to Go to War"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marlantes discussed two different categories of lying. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the two different categories of lies that Marlantes told.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Four, Marlantes shared the struggle he had reconciling the fact that he was a good person, yet he had hurt people. Discuss how Marlantes dealt with this split in himself.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter Ten, Marlantes discussed the "Club" of combat veterans. Discuss the Club, its purpose, and its positive and negative aspects.

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