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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Numbness and Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Seagull.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Hamster.

2. In Chapter Four, how old was the volunteer who went with Marlantes to assess the platoon holding a key bridge?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 31.
(d) 24.

3. After Marlantes had been in Vietnam about a year and was assigned to be an air observer, how many feet off the ground did the observation plane fly?
(a) 500.
(b) Only a couple hundred.
(c) 350.
(d) About a thousand.

4. How long was Marlantes' grandfather's fishing boat?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

5. Later in Marlantes' military tour, after he'd been wounded twice, how many men were Marlantes' and his pilot supposed to rescue?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people ended up fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps?

2. When things were going wrong, in what language would Marlantes' grandfather cuss?

3. When was the "Mahabharata" first written down and preserved?

4. What was the name of Marlantes' buddy who also shot at a teen NVA soldier with a grenade?

5. In 1968, what should have been the full strength of a rifle platoon?

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