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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 was the name of the Lance Corporal Marlantes mentioned at the beginning of Chapter Six?

2. How old was Maree Anne's little girl?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter Eight, the second time that Marlantes charged up a hill, what hit him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How could an individual in the military of a Western democracy have had freedom to disobey orders?

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

5. Describe the injuries of the three who fell off the ledge of a cliff in Chapter 7.

6. How did Marlantes describe a deliberate lie?

7. How did Marlantes part from Meg?

8. When Marlantes learned that superior officers hated to chew him out because of all his medals, what did he do?

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

10. What would a warrior have to do to avoid the lie of two minds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the preface, Marlantes explained why he wrote "What it is Like to Go to War." Discuss why Marlantes wrote the book.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Two, Marlantes discussed what it felt like to kill someone. Discuss the feelings that Marlantes and others might have had about killing someone.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter Four, Marlantes believed that war could be exhilarating. Discuss why war could be exhilarating and what Marlantes thought should be done about those feelings.

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