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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. In the bush, what was usually the oldest age of the officers?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 23.
(d) 30.
2. What was the name of Marlantes' first wife?
(a) Kate.
(b) Barb.
(c) Gisele.
(d) Gwen.
3. What Greek playwright wrote that it takes a mature person to know when lying is good?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) Euripides.
4. What was the occupation of the adult Scout leader who dropped Marlantes and his fellow Scouts for survival training?
(a) Printer.
(b) Production worker.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Timber cruiser.
5. Where did Marlantes consider going to desert the Marines?
(a) Canada or Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Sweden or Algeria.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of PFC Nelson's friend who died at the beginning of Chapter Six?
2. Where was the injury that killed Utter?
3. Whose bow did the warrior Philoctetes carry?
4. What was the name of Marlantes' friend from his secret society at Yale who helped him adjust to coming home?
5. In Chapter Eight, what was the name of the missing kid who helped in the assault that Marlantes and the others made up the hill?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Eight, why did Marlantes order Utter not to go through some cut brush?
2. In Chapter Nine, what greeted Marlantes when he walked down the street?
3. Who came to meet Marlantes when he came home?
4. What moral conflict did Marlantes and his friend struggle with in 1967?
5. Describe Marlantes' Scout survival training?
6. Describe the injuries of the three who fell off the ledge of a cliff in Chapter 7.
7. When Marlantes learned that superior officers hated to chew him out because of all his medals, what did he do?
8. For what did Marlantes believe the Vietnam War would be infamous?
9. When did Marlantes' father start to talk about his war experiences?
10. Why was lying about kills prevalent in Vietnam?
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