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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marlantes go when he first felt emotion about the killing he had done during the war?
(a) His room.
(b) Church.
(c) A meadow.
(d) The woods.

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

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

4. During his military service, how many times did Marlantes see the First Marine break through the last defenses on an assault?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 2 times.

5. How long did this recurring nightmare haunt Marlantes?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Zoomer injured?

2. For how many decades did Marlantes have flashbacks from the war that affected him emotionally?

3. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?

4. Which Kipling's poem did Marlantes say was not about gratitude, but attitude?

5. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the 1970s therapy group that Marlantes attended a damaging experience?

2. How did Marlantes try to deal with the darkness and dark deeds that he carried inside after Vietnam?

3. Describe Zoomer's injuries.

4. What were some of the toughest bombing assignments in the history of air warfare?

5. How was Marlantes' grandfather injured?

6. What type of atrocities did Jane Goodall witness?

7. What was a critical psychological issue about weapons technology?

8. What did Marlantes believe happened to warriors who were not adequately prepared to take life away from others?

9. Why did Marlantes believe that warriors needed to be spiritual people?

10. What happened when warfare was turned into crusades?

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