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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Marlantes' grandfather often fish?
(a) Willamette River.
(b) Columbia River.
(c) Applegate River.
(d) Blue River.

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) 350.
(b) About a thousand.
(c) Only a couple hundred.
(d) 500.

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

5. At the time that Marlantes wrote his book, how long had it been since he killed someone?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 40 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Zoomer injured?

3. What were the names of Marlantes' sons?

4. In 1968, how many men served in the Marine Air Group that flew in and took out the injured?

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

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