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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1968, how many men served in the Marine Air Group that flew in and took out the injured?
(a) 29.
(b) 39.
(c) 19.
(d) 47.

2. How long had the Third Marine Division and the North Vietnamese Army struggled?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 9 months.

3. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2 to 3.
(d) 4 to 5.

4. How many years after the therapy-group experience, did Marlantes have dinner with Joseph Campbell?
(a) About 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) About 8 years.

5. Where was Marlantes when he saw a little girl who had had her hands cut off to enhance her ability to beg?
(a) Achalpur.
(b) Agra.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Marlantes philosophy tutor at Oxford?

2. How many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?

3. When was Zoomer injured?

4. Where did Marlantes' grandfather often fish?

5. What type of plane did Marlantes' friend, who was an ex-Navy pilot, fly as a civilian?

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