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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 weapon was Marlantes carrying when he encountered an NVA soldier in Chapter Five?
(a) Kabar.
(b) Grenade.
(c) Dagger.
(d) M-16.

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

3. What weapon did the NVA soldier referenced in question 76 have?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Kabar.
(c) M-16.
(d) Razor blades.

4. What injuries did Marlantes suffer during the skirmish with the NVA teenager?
(a) Bullet in his left foot.
(b) Bullet in his calf.
(c) Sharpnel in the back of the legs.
(d) Shrapnel in his face.

5. How far was the bridge referenced in question 59 from Marlantes' company's position?
(a) 22 kilometers.
(b) 12 kilometers.
(c) 38 kilometers.
(d) 5 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time did Marlantes have after combat that could have been spent mourning and asking for forgiveness?

2. When an teenage NVA soldier started to throw a grenade at Marlantes, how far from Marlantes was the hole he was standing in?

3. Where did Marlantes participate in a white-heat atrocity?

4. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?

5. What was the name of Marlantes' German shepherd?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What did Marlantes say about his spiritual condition in 1968?

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

9. When was the first time that Marlantes felt any emotion about having killed?

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

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