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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four, how old was the volunteer who went with Marlantes to assess the platoon holding a key bridge?
(a) 31.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

3. Who did Philoctetes go to battle against?
(a) Achaeans.
(b) Corinthians.
(c) Trojans.
(d) Spartans.

4. Whose bow did the warrior Philoctetes carry?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Ares.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Heracles.

5. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Seagull.
(b) Hamster.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was the bridge referenced in question 59 from Marlantes' company's position?

2. Where did Marlantes participate in a white-heat atrocity?

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

4. What was Marlantes religious affiliation growing up?

5. In Chapter Eight, for what place had two squads been filling sandbags?

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