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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. What injured Philoctetes when he was on his way to war?

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

3. What movie had Marlantes seen that made him want a medal?

4. How old was Sergeant Bell?

5. How many Spartans died defending Thermopylae?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conditions for Marlantes' company at the beginning of Chapter Eight.

2. How did Marlantes get Utter down the hill?

3. How did Marlantes part from Meg?

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

5. How did the gunner Prairie Dog get his nickname?

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

7. Why was lying about kills prevalent in Vietnam?

8. In 1967, what did President Johnson talk about in a speech he made in El Paso?

9. When did Marlantes' father start to talk about his war experiences?

10. How did Marlantes describe a deliberate lie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Ten, Marlantes stated that the Club's membership requirement of silence needed to be rescinded. Discuss the requirement of silence and why it should have been rescinded.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Three, Marlantes discussed guilt and ways for dealing with guilt. Discuss guilt and how Marlantes felt it should be dealt with.

Essay Topic 3

Marlantes discussed two different categories of lying. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the two different categories of lies that Marlantes told.

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