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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Usually Marlantes would have six 105mm howitzers. In 1968, how many arrived?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. In 1968, after securing the top of a mountain for a new artillery firebase, how many men did Marlantes have in his rifle platoon?
(a) 41.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 34.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Marlantes' grandfather's fishing boat?

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

3. Where did Marlantes grow up?

4. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

5. In Chapter Two, how old was Marlantes' when he endured a storm on his grandfather's fishing boat?

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