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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. When did Marlantes join the Marine Corps?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1967.

2. What college was Marlantes driving companion in 1967 going to attend?
(a) Yale.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

3. What day were the Scouts to rendezvous at a designated location?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

4. In Chapter Seven, what were an executive officer and a platoon commander bargaining over?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Can of peaches.
(c) Bottle of juice.
(d) Beef jerky.

5. What was Marlantes driving in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?
(a) 1958 Dodge.
(b) 1953 Chevy.
(c) 1954 Buick.
(d) 1951 Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the private in Chapter Six who crawled over with Kool-Aid stains around his mouth?

2. How old was Lance Corporal Steel?

3. Where was Marlantes driving in 1967 when President Johnson gave a speech?

4. In Chapter Eight when Marlantes and his company started running into booby traps, how often did they change out the point men?

5. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, why did Marlantes order Utter not to go through some cut brush?

2. What did Marlantes do after he decided to leave college?

3. Why were military men urged not to wear their uniforms around citizens, and why did Marlantes often ignored this request?

4. In Chapter Nine, what greeted Marlantes when he walked down the street?

5. What moral conflict did Marlantes and his friend struggle with in 1967?

6. What did Marlantes' father do during World War II?

7. For what did Marlantes believe the Vietnam War would be infamous?

8. Describe Marlantes' Scout survival training?

9. What was the meaning of the battlefield myth that the enemy tied wire around themselves so they wouldn't bleed so fast?

10. In Chapter Eight, Marlantes heard someone screaming as he and his men moved toward the NVA. Why was the man screaming?

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