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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marlantes' helicopter landed in Chapter Eight, how far where they from the DMZ?
(a) 20 kilometers.
(b) 10 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 15 kilometers.

2. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 5 months.

3. At the beginning of Chapter Nine, what street was Marlantes walking down?
(a) L Sreet.
(b) M Sreet.
(c) J Sreet.
(d) K Street.

4. Usually Marlantes would have six 105mm howitzers. In 1968, how many arrived?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 9 cents.
(c) 7 cents.
(d) 8 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of service did Marlantes' Scout leader, Ed, serve in during World War II?

2. What day were the Scouts to rendezvous at a designated location?

3. During a dinner party in Singapore, what was a Chinese woman whom Marlantes noticed wearing?

4. When did the war start in Iraq?

5. What military commander told reporters during Desert Storm that estimates of how many Iraqi soldiers were killed were meaningless?

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