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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Six, how far were the scorekeepers from the lance corporal?
(a) 5 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 15 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.

2. What was Marlantes driving in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?
(a) 1953 Chevy.
(b) 1951 Ford.
(c) 1954 Buick.
(d) 1958 Dodge.

3. What military commander told reporters during Desert Storm that estimates of how many Iraqi soldiers were killed were meaningless?
(a) Charles Horner.
(b) Calvin Waller.
(c) Norm Schwarzkopf.
(d) Robert B. Johnston.

4. How old was Sergeant Bell?
(a) 31.
(b) 36.
(c) 27.
(d) 23.

5. Who was the adult leader of Marlantes' Scout troop who dropped the boys off to learn survival skills?
(a) Pete.
(b) Joe.
(c) Rob.
(d) Bill.

6. What was the name of Marlantes' first love?
(a) Annie.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Meg.
(d) Beth.

7. At the beginning of Chapter Nine, what street was Marlantes walking down?
(a) K Street.
(b) M Sreet.
(c) J Sreet.
(d) L Sreet.

8. How many Spartans died defending Thermopylae?
(a) 58.
(b) 250.
(c) 142.
(d) 300.

9. What Greek playwright wrote that it takes a mature person to know when lying is good?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aeschylus.

10. Who wrote "The True Believer."
(a) Eric Hoffer.
(b) C. S. Lewis.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

11. What was the name of PFC Nelson's friend who died at the beginning of Chapter Six?
(a) Katz.
(b) Manning.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Ryan.

12. What branch of service did Marlantes' Scout leader, Ed, serve in during World War II?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Navy.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

13. What author captured the wonderful bragging of the old-time flatboat men?
(a) Lewis Carroll.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Mark Twain.

14. How many scout leaders met the boys when they made it back to the rendezvous point?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. In the Greek play that Marlantes retold in Chapter Six, who was the only person who could use the magic bow?
(a) Neoptolemus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Theuseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight when Marlantes and his company started running into booby traps, how often did they change out the point men?

2. In a retelling of a classic illustration of the code of Bushido, what was the name of the samurai lord who was exiled from the capital?

3. What was the name of Marlantes' first wife?

4. What types of trees covered the ridges where Marlantes and his fellow Scouts did their survival training?

5. Whose bow did the warrior Philoctetes carry?

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