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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. Where was Marlantes headed in 1967 when he heard President Johnson give a speech?

2. Who wrote "The True Believer."

3. What type of a vehicle took the Scouts to their survival training destination"?

4. When did Marlantes join the Marine Corps?

5. In Chapter Eight, for what place had two squads been filling sandbags?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who came to meet Marlantes when he came home?

2. What was the meaning of the battlefield myth that the enemy tied wire around themselves so they wouldn't bleed so fast?

3. How did Marlantes' first wife feel about his book, "What is it Like to Go to War"?

4. Why were military men urged not to wear their uniforms around citizens, and why did Marlantes often ignored this request?

5. What did Niemi do and why when a helicopter went down?

6. How did Marlantes part from Meg?

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

8. Why was lying about kills prevalent in Vietnam?

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

10. How did Marlantes describe Maree Ann when he knew her in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

In Chapter Seven, Marlantes mentioned a term President Johnson used in a speech to describe people who complained without facing any hard choices. Discuss "cocktail critics" and how this term affected Marlantes' life.

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