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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon was Marlantes carrying when he encountered an NVA soldier in Chapter Five?
(a) Dagger.
(b) Grenade.
(c) Kabar.
(d) M-16.

2. Where did Marlantes' great-grandmother live?
(a) Holland.
(b) Finland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

3. Where did Marlantes consider going to desert the Marines?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Canada or Mexico.
(d) Sweden or Algeria.

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

5. When did the U.S. first bomb Libya?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did President Johnson give a speech in September 1967?

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

3. In Chapter Seven, what were an executive officer and a platoon commander bargaining over?

4. Where did Marlantes grow up?

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

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