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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. How many daughters did Marlantes have?
2. How long after Marlantes joined the Marines did he consider leaving college and fighting in Vietnam?
3. How old was Marlantes when he and a fellow Boy Scout had to learn survival skills?
4. In a retelling of a classic illustration of the code of Bushido, what was the name of the samurai lord who was exiled from the capital?
5. In Chapter Eight, by the time Marlantes made it up a hill, what type of helicopter arrived?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the gunner Prairie Dog get his nickname?
2. How did Marlantes describe Maree Ann when he knew her in high school?
3. What would a warrior have to do to avoid the lie of two minds?
4. What moral conflict did Marlantes and his friend struggle with in 1967?
5. In Chapter Eight, why did Marlantes order Utter not to go through some cut brush?
6. How did Marlantes' first wife feel about his book, "What is it Like to Go to War"?
7. When Marlantes learned that superior officers hated to chew him out because of all his medals, what did he do?
8. How did Marlantes describe a deliberate lie?
9. Describe the conditions for Marlantes' company at the beginning of Chapter Eight.
10. Why were military men urged not to wear their uniforms around citizens, and why did Marlantes often ignored this request?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter Nine, Marlantes said that warriors needed to be prepared before and after war to come home. Discuss how Marlantes believed that warriors should have been prepared to come home.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter Four, Marlantes discussed the pride that could come from having superior weapons technology. Discuss weapons technology and the psychological implications of having the best weapons.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter Two, Marlantes discussed an incident in which the death of an NVA teen soldier was imprinted on his brain for many years. Discuss the incident, why it lingered in Marlantes' memory for so long, and how he dealt with the memory.
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