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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, by the time Marlantes made it up a hill, what type of helicopter arrived?
(a) Th-13.
(b) Ch-46.
(c) UH1-D.
(d) Ch-54.

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

3. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

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

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

6. How far apart was each pair of Scouts dropped off?
(a) About 1 mile.
(b) 3/4 mile.
(c) About a half a mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

7. In the incident where body count was exaggerated in Chapter Six, what millimeter high explosives were dropped?
(a) 175.
(b) 105.
(c) 205.
(d) 155.

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

9. How long was Marlantes' arrival home delayed because he contracted NSU?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 10 days.

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

11. When did Marlantes join the Marine Corps?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

12. How old was the black machine gunner named Prairie Dog?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

13. What was the name of the private in Chapter Six who crawled over with Kool-Aid stains around his mouth?
(a) Schroeder.
(b) McIntrye.
(c) Risling.
(d) Martin.

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

15. 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?
(a) Niemi.
(b) Buck.
(c) Pops.
(d) Manning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The True Believer."

2. Whose bow did the warrior Philoctetes carry?

3. Where was Marlantes' Uncle George wounded?

4. How did a woman on the train to New York treat Marlantes?

5. In Chapter Seven, what were an executive officer and a platoon commander bargaining over?

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