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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What weapon was Marlantes carrying when he encountered an NVA soldier in Chapter Five?
(a) M-16.
(b) Grenade.
(c) Kabar.
(d) Dagger.

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

5. How many people did Marlantes know were dead because of his behavior?
(a) 20.
(b) 35.
(c) 15.
(d) 65.

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

7. When was Zoomer injured?
(a) March 1968.
(b) January 1969.
(c) February 1969.
(d) April 1968.

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

9. When things were going wrong, in what language would Marlantes' grandfather cuss?
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) French.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. Where did Marlantes' great-grandmother live?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Finland.
(d) Holland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank did Marlantes hold after Vietnam?

2. What were the names of Marlantes' sons?

3. When did Marlantes attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend?

4. When did Marlantes first write a recurring nightmare in his journal?

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

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