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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many decades did Marlantes have flashbacks from the war that affected him emotionally?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. Where did Marlantes fight an NVA soldier in Chapter Six?
(a) Inside a hospital.
(b) Inside a bunker.
(c) In a bramble patch.
(d) Near a river.

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

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

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

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

9. Who urged Marlantes to attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend.
(a) His father.
(b) His pastor.
(c) His employer.
(d) His wife.

10. When did Marlantes attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

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

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

13. How much did Marlantes' German shepherd weight?
(a) 134 pounds.
(b) 87 pounds.
(c) 63 pounds.
(d) 95 pounds.

14. What was Marlantes' great-grandmother's occupation?
(a) Bank manager.
(b) Mid-wife.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Secretary.

15. In Chapter Two, how old was Marlantes' when he endured a storm on his grandfather's fishing boat?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion did Marlantes feel about the killing he did so many years ago?

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

3. What were the names of Marlantes' sons?

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

5. What human form did the god in "Mahabharata" take?

(see the answer keys)

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