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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) 39.
(b) 19.
(c) 47.
(d) 29.

2. What group of people ended up fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps?
(a) Germans.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Serbs.
(d) Russians.

3. At the time that Marlantes wrote his book, how long had it been since he killed someone?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

5. During his military service, how many times did Marlantes see the First Marine break through the last defenses on an assault?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 times.

6. What were Marlantes and his grandfather afraid had slammed into their net in 1959?
(a) Sea Lion.
(b) Sturgeon.
(c) Whale.
(d) Dolphin.

7. Where had Marlantes traveled when he came home to find his son curled up with a photo of the two of them?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) Australia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Singapore.

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

9. After Marlantes had been in Vietnam about a year and was assigned to be an air observer, how many feet off the ground did the observation plane fly?
(a) 350.
(b) 500.
(c) Only a couple hundred.
(d) About a thousand.

10. How many jobs had Marlantes had between his attendance at the therapy group and his dinner with Joseph Campbell?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

11. In 1968 when Marlantes was left in charge of an undermanned platoon, how long did he and his men sleep at a time?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 3 hours.

12. How old was the girl from Mozambique whose picture Marlantes kept on a file cabinet?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

13. What was the name of Marlantes' German shepherd?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Sancho.
(d) Katie.

14. What emotion did Marlantes feel about the killing he did so many years ago?
(a) Grief.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Disgust.

15. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marlantes' great-grandmother live?

2. What was the longest that Marlantes' grandmother lived with his mother?

3. Usually Marlantes would have six 105mm howitzers. In 1968, how many arrived?

4. After a night of drinking and drugs, what bridge would Marlantes watch undulate like a sine wave?

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

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