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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 grow up?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Maine.
2. How many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.
3. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Seagull.
(c) Hamster.
(d) Kitten.
4. When was the Viking poem written that Marlantes quoted in Chapter Four?
(a) 8th century.
(b) 10th century.
(c) 5th century.
(d) 7th century.
5. How large was the net that Marlantes' grandfather used to fish with?
(a) 50 feet.
(b) 1,200 feet.
(c) 4 football fields in length.
(d) 3 football fields in length.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which Kipling's poem did Marlantes say was not about gratitude, but attitude?
2. How many tours did Marlantes' pilot friend spend in Vietnam?
3. When did the U.S. first bomb Libya?
4. When was Zoomer injured?
5. When did Marlantes first write a recurring nightmare in his journal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the recurring nightmare that Marlantes first had?
2. Whose death did Marlantes particularly remember?
3. What emotions did Marlantes feel when he had to kill?
4. Why did Marlantes keep a picture of a girl from Mozambique on his file cabinet.
5. What were some of the toughest bombing assignments in the history of air warfare?
6. What response would people who actually fought and won battles have?
7. What inattention to detail in 1968 made Marlantes feel guilty?
8. What was a critical psychological issue about weapons technology?
9. In 1968 when Marlantes was in charge of an undermanned platoon, how did he and his men guide a helicopter team in to rescue the wounded?
10. Why did Marlantes believe that warriors needed to be spiritual people?
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