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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 type of a vehicle took the Scouts to their survival training destination"?
(a) Pickup truck.
(b) Station wagon.
(c) Panel truck.
(d) Old van.

2. How long was Marlantes' grandfather's fishing boat?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

3. What was the rank of the officer who told Marlantes to clean up his act?
(a) Corporal.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Major.

4. How many Spartans died defending Thermopylae?
(a) 58.
(b) 300.
(c) 250.
(d) 142.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Zoomer injured?

2. In Chapter Eight, how far did one kid have to jump when the helicopter pilot lost his nerve and gunned the copter out of the zone too soon?

3. Where was Marlantes headed in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?

4. What was the name of Marlantes' first wife?

5. What did Marlantes say was the Irish equivalent of the Iliad?

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