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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. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?
(a) 6 feet.
(b) 9 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 8 feet.

2. Where did Marlantes participate in a white-heat atrocity?
(a) Wyatt's Bridge.
(b) Mui La Ridge.
(c) Mutter's Ridge.
(d) Key Lai Bridge.

3. When was the Viking poem written that Marlantes quoted in Chapter Four?
(a) 10th century.
(b) 5th century.
(c) 8th century.
(d) 7th century.

4. How old was Marlantes' youngest son when the German shepherd bit him?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What was Marlantes' great-grandmother's occupation?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Mid-wife.
(c) Bank manager.
(d) Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Marlantes had been in Vietnam about a year and was assigned to be an air observer, how many feet off the ground did the observation plane fly?

2. What group of people ended up fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps?

3. During a dinner party in Singapore, what was a Chinese woman whom Marlantes noticed wearing?

4. What were Marlantes and his grandfather afraid had slammed into their net in 1959?

5. Where did Marlantes grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the team that Marlantes took when he went to access the position of his platoon that was holding a bridge.

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

3. What happened when warfare was turned into crusades?

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

5. What response would people who actually fought and won battles have?

6. What side did Marlantes believe there was that men tried to deny?

7. Why did Marlantes keep a picture of a girl from Mozambique on his file cabinet.

8. What emotions did Marlantes feel when he had to kill?

9. Describe Marlantes' grandmother and how she treated her children.

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

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