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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Marlantes' buddy who also shot at a teen NVA soldier with a grenade?
(a) Tex.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Ohio.

2. Who was Marlantes philosophy tutor at Oxford?
(a) John Mackie.
(b) William Brighton.
(c) Andrew Davies.
(d) Charlie Williams.

3. In 1968 when Marlantes lead an undermanned platoon, what was the height of the cliff on the north side of their area?
(a) 1500 feet.
(b) 2100 feet.
(c) 1600 feet.
(d) 3200 feet.

4. When things were going wrong, in what language would Marlantes' grandfather cuss?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During his military service, how many times did Marlantes see the First Marine break through the last defenses on an assault?

2. What were Marlantes and his grandfather afraid had slammed into their net in 1959?

3. Later in Marlantes' military tour, after he'd been wounded twice, how many men were Marlantes' and his pilot supposed to rescue?

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?

5. When was the Viking poem written that Marlantes quoted in Chapter Four?

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