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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What injuries did Marlantes suffer during the skirmish with the NVA teenager?
(a) Bullet in his calf.
(b) Sharpnel in the back of the legs.
(c) Bullet in his left foot.
(d) Shrapnel in his face.

2. Later in Marlantes' military tour, after he'd been wounded twice, how many men were Marlantes' and his pilot supposed to rescue?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

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

5. How many cylinders might an engine have on a boat like the one Marlantes' grandfather owned?
(a) 5 cylinders.
(b) 8-10 cylinders.
(c) 4-6 cylinders.
(d) 12 cylinders.

6. During the time of the storm that Marlantes' endured on his grandfather's fishing boat, which was described in Chapter 2, how much were fisherman paid per pound for Sockeye salmon?
(a) 33 cents.
(b) 48 cents.
(c) 22 cents.
(d) 51 cents.

7. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Hamster.
(b) Seagull.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Rabbit.

8. During a dinner party in Singapore, what was a Chinese woman whom Marlantes noticed wearing?
(a) Red silk dress.
(b) White silk trousers.
(c) Green silk dress.
(d) Black silk trousers.

9. When was the movie "Psycho" released?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1964.

10. When was the "Mahabharata" first written down and preserved?
(a) 200 BC.
(b) 500 AD.
(c) 400 AD.
(d) 350 BC.

11. What human form did the god in "Mahabharata" take?
(a) Merchant.
(b) King.
(c) Charioteer.
(d) Soldier.

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

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

14. 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?
(a) A village.
(b) Elephants.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An underground base.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Kipling's poem did Marlantes say was not about gratitude, but attitude?

2. When was the Viking poem written that Marlantes quoted in Chapter Four?

3. What type of plane did Marlantes' friend, who was an ex-Navy pilot, fly as a civilian?

4. In Chapter Four, how did Marlantes get to the bridge that his platoon was holding?

5. Where did Marlantes go when he first felt emotion about the killing he had done during the war?

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