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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter Eight, what did a kid break when he had to jump after a pilot gunned the chopper out of the zone too soon?
2. How did a woman on the train to New York treat Marlantes?
3. How long after Marlantes joined the Marines did he consider leaving college and fighting in Vietnam?
4. At the beginning of Chapter Nine, what street was Marlantes walking down?
5. What was the name of the private in Chapter Six who crawled over with Kool-Aid stains around his mouth?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the injuries of the three who fell off the ledge of a cliff in Chapter 7.
2. How did Marlantes' first wife feel about his book, "What is it Like to Go to War"?
3. How could an individual in the military of a Western democracy have had freedom to disobey orders?
4. Describe the conditions for Marlantes' company at the beginning of Chapter Eight.
5. How did Marlantes get Utter down the hill?
6. What would a warrior have to do to avoid the lie of two minds?
7. For what did Marlantes believe the Vietnam War would be infamous?
8. Why was lying about kills prevalent in Vietnam?
9. What did Marlantes do after he decided to leave college?
10. In 1967, what did President Johnson talk about in a speech he made in El Paso?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter Four, Marlantes shared the struggle he had reconciling the fact that he was a good person, yet he had hurt people. Discuss how Marlantes dealt with this split in himself.
Essay Topic 2
Marlantes discussed two different categories of lying. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the two different categories of lies that Marlantes told.
Essay Topic 3
In the preface, Marlantes explained why he wrote "What it is Like to Go to War." Discuss why Marlantes wrote the book.
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