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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Relating to Mars.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What military commander told reporters during Desert Storm that estimates of how many Iraqi soldiers were killed were meaningless?
(a) Charles Horner.
(b) Calvin Waller.
(c) Robert B. Johnston.
(d) Norm Schwarzkopf.

2. When was Zoomer injured?
(a) February 1969.
(b) April 1968.
(c) March 1968.
(d) January 1969.

3. What day were the Scouts to rendezvous at a designated location?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

4. When did Hans von Luck join the German Army?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1926.

5. What was Marlantes' great-grandmother's occupation?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Bank manager.
(d) Mid-wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. first bomb Libya?

2. In 1968 when Marlantes was left in charge of an undermanned platoon, how long did he and his men sleep at a time?

3. Where had Marlantes traveled when he came home to find his son curled up with a photo of the two of them?

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

5. How long after Marlantes joined the Marines did he consider leaving college and fighting in Vietnam?

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