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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1968, how many men served in the Marine Air Group that flew in and took out the injured?
(a) 29.
(b) 47.
(c) 19.
(d) 39.

2. In Chapter Four, how did Marlantes get to the bridge that his platoon was holding?
(a) Jeep.
(b) Tank.
(c) Hummer.
(d) Helicopter.

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

4. How many tours did Marlantes' pilot friend spend in Vietnam?
(a) 2
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What were the names of Marlantes' sons?
(a) Peter and Alex.
(b) Andrew and Will.
(c) Bob and Jake.
(d) Peter and David.

6. What weapon did the NVA soldier referenced in question 76 have?
(a) Razor blades.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Kabar.
(d) M-16.

7. What rank did Marlantes hold after Vietnam?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Corporal.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

8. What is the name of the warrior hero in "Mahabharata"?
(a) Arjuna.
(b) Rudra.
(c) Lakshman.
(d) Shiva.

9. Where was Marlantes when he saw a little girl who had had her hands cut off to enhance her ability to beg?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Achalpur.
(c) Agra.
(d) Calcutta.

10. Where was Zoomer injured?
(a) Hoa Binh province.
(b) Quang Tri province.
(c) Ha Giang province.
(d) Lang Son province.

11. How large was the net that Marlantes' grandfather used to fish with?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 4 football fields in length.
(c) 3 football fields in length.
(d) 1,200 feet.

12. How old was Marlantes' son when he found him curled up with a mutilated picture of the two of them?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

13. Who said, "I am by nature warlike"?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Eberhard.
(c) Avenarius.
(d) Goethe.

14. From how far at sea could Tomahawk missiles be fired?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 400 miles.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

15. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?
(a) 9 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 8 feet.
(d) 6 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Marlantes was with his company in the high mountains that formed the Vietnamese border with Laos, what did he target for an air strike?

3. How old was Marlantes' youngest son when the German shepherd bit him?

4. In Chapter Two, how old was Marlantes' when he endured a storm on his grandfather's fishing boat?

5. In Chapter Four, how old was the volunteer who went with Marlantes to assess the platoon holding a key bridge?

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