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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favorite place did Marlantes and his parents go after he came home?
(a) British Columbia.
(b) Vancouver Island.
(c) Cortes Island.
(d) Seattle.

2. When did Marlantes join the Marine Corps?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1964.

3. How many years passed after Philoctetes was exiled did someone come to get his weapon?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 8.

4. Where was Marlantes headed in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?
(a) Dallas.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Denver.

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

6. What was the name of Marlantes' first wife?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Kate.
(c) Gisele.
(d) Barb.

7. In Chapter Nine, how long had Marlantes been back in the States?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) About 3 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) About a month.

8. In Chapter Eight, what type of a mine blew off a soldiers lower jaw, face, and leg?
(a) TM-35.
(b) AT-8.
(c) DH-10.
(d) ATM-7.

9. How old was Maree Anne's little girl?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

10. What Vietnam War commander made Khe Sanh important militarily?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) William Westmoreland.
(c) Earle Wheeler.
(d) John S. McCain

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

12. How long after Marlantes joined the Marines did he consider leaving college and fighting in Vietnam?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

14. What types of trees covered the ridges where Marlantes and his fellow Scouts did their survival training?
(a) Pines.
(b) Aspens.
(c) Firs.
(d) Conifers.

15. In Chapter Eight, the second time that Marlantes charged up a hill, what hit him?
(a) Stray shot.
(b) Grenade.
(c) Mortar shell.
(d) Land mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of PFC Nelson's friend who died at the beginning of Chapter Six?

2. In Chapter Eight, what was the name of the missing kid who helped in the assault that Marlantes and the others made up the hill?

3. What was the rank of the officer who told Marlantes to clean up his act?

4. Whose bow did the warrior Philoctetes carry?

5. How old was Lance Corporal Steel?

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