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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Club.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of trees covered the ridges where Marlantes and his fellow Scouts did their survival training?
(a) Conifers.
(b) Aspens.
(c) Firs.
(d) Pines.

2. What colors were two Indian women whom Marlantes noticed during a dinner party in Singapore wearing?
(a) Pink and lavender.
(b) Orange and purple.
(c) Blue and green.
(d) Mauve and fuchsia.

3. What injuries did Marlantes suffer during the skirmish with the NVA teenager?
(a) Bullet in his left foot.
(b) Shrapnel in his face.
(c) Sharpnel in the back of the legs.
(d) Bullet in his calf.

4. How far was Marlantes' hometown from his arrival airport when he flew back home?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

5. How large was the net that Marlantes' grandfather used to fish with?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 3 football fields in length.
(c) 4 football fields in length.
(d) 1,200 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, by the time Marlantes made it up a hill, what type of helicopter arrived?

2. Where did Marlantes fight an NVA soldier in Chapter Six?

3. What military commander told reporters during Desert Storm that estimates of how many Iraqi soldiers were killed were meaningless?

4. Where did the skipper of Marlantes' unit go to college?

5. For how many decades did Marlantes have flashbacks from the war that affected him emotionally?

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