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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what word did Marlantes use to describe the least acknowledged aspect of war?
(a) Exhilarating.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Devastating.
(d) Horrifying.

2. When an teenage NVA soldier started to throw a grenade at Marlantes, how far from Marlantes was the hole he was standing in?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

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

4. During the time of the storm that Marlantes' endured on his grandfather's fishing boat, which was described in Chapter 2, how much were fisherman paid per pound for Sockeye salmon?
(a) 48 cents.
(b) 51 cents.
(c) 33 cents.
(d) 22 cents.

5. When Marlantes was with his company in the high mountains that formed the Vietnamese border with Laos, what did he target for an air strike?
(a) A hospital.
(b) An underground base.
(c) Elephants.
(d) A village.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?

3. How many people did Marlantes know were dead because of his behavior?

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

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

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