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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Joseph Campbell's ethnic background?
(a) British.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Irish.

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

3. What was the longest that Marlantes' grandmother lived with his mother?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 4 months.

4. What was the name of Marlantes' buddy who also shot at a teen NVA soldier with a grenade?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tex.

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

6. Where did Marlantes' grandfather often fish?
(a) Willamette River.
(b) Columbia River.
(c) Applegate River.
(d) Blue River.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. When did Marlantes first write a recurring nightmare in his journal?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1964.

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

15. In Chapter Three, from what book did Marlantes include a quote by T. E. Lawrence?
(a) Revolt in the Desert.
(b) The Forest Giant.
(c) Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
(d) The Mint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors were two Indian women whom Marlantes noticed during a dinner party in Singapore wearing?

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

3. How long did this recurring nightmare haunt Marlantes?

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

5. In 1968 when Marlantes lead an undermanned platoon, what was the height of the cliff on the north side of their area?

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