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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 many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. During the time of the storm that Marlantes' endured on his grandfather's fishing boat, which was described in Chapter 2, how much were fisherman paid per pound for Sockeye salmon?
(a) 22 cents.
(b) 33 cents.
(c) 51 cents.
(d) 48 cents.

3. When was the movie "Psycho" released?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1960.

4. How tall was "Canada"?
(a) 6 feet 2 inches.
(b) 5 feet 9 inches.
(c) 6 feet 4 inches.
(d) 5 ffeet 11 inches.,

5. When an teenage NVA soldier started to throw a grenade at Marlantes, how far from Marlantes was the hole he was standing in?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Marlantes traveled when he came home to find his son curled up with a photo of the two of them?

2. When Marlantes was with his company in the high mountains that formed the Vietnamese border with Laos, what did he target for an air strike?

3. How many years after the therapy-group experience, did Marlantes have dinner with Joseph Campbell?

4. What did Marlantes say was the Irish equivalent of the Iliad?

5. What was the name of Marlantes' buddy who also shot at a teen NVA soldier with a grenade?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Marlantes' grandfather injured?

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

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

4. What did it take for Marlantes to realize that he had to quit fighting the shadows?

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

6. What was one method that Marlantes believed could alleviate or eliminate guilt for war-time actions?

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

8. When Zoomer was struggling to breathe, what incident did Marlantes remember from his youth?

9. What was the recurring nightmare that Marlantes first had?

10. Whose death did Marlantes particularly remember?

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