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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. What creature did Marlantes have to kill after dogs had harried it?
(a) Hamster.
(b) Seagull.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Kitten.

2. In Chapter Four, how many men did Marlantes' take with him to assess how his platoon was doing?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. When did Marlantes first write a recurring nightmare in his journal?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1964.

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

5. When was the "Mahabharata" first written down and preserved?
(a) 350 BC.
(b) 500 AD.
(c) 200 BC.
(d) 400 AD.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the longest that Marlantes' grandmother lived with his mother?

2. When did Marlantes attend an encounter, group-therapy weekend?

3. In Chapter Three, from what book did Marlantes include a quote by T. E. Lawrence?

4. Where was Marlantes when he saw a little girl who had had her hands cut off to enhance her ability to beg?

5. In 1968, what should have been the full strength of a rifle platoon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Marlantes' grandfather injured?

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

4. In "Mahabharata," why couldn't Arjuna fight?

5. What type of power did a platoon commander have?

6. Whose death did Marlantes particularly remember?

7. Why did Marlantes say that war is the antithesis of a fundamental rule of moral conduct?

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

9. What inattention to detail in 1968 made Marlantes feel guilty?

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

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