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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Club.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Kipling's poem did Marlantes say was not about gratitude, but attitude?
(a) Boots.
(b) Cold Iron.
(c) Anchor Song.
(d) Tommy.

2. What was the name of Marlantes' friend from his secret society at Yale who helped him adjust to coming home?
(a) Jones.
(b) Biggs.
(c) Smith.
(d) Wyatt.

3. Where did Marlantes grow up?
(a) Washington.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Maine.
(d) Connecticut.

4. When was the "Mahabharata" first written down and preserved?
(a) 500 AD.
(b) 350 BC.
(c) 200 BC.
(d) 400 AD.

5. How long before he was discharged, did Marlantes board a train for New York?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When things were going wrong, in what language would Marlantes' grandfather cuss?

2. How many shots did Marlantes fire at the NVA soldier referenced in #21 above?

3. Where did Marlantes' grandfather often fish?

4. How old was Joseph Henderson when he died?

5. How old was Lance Corporal Steel?

(see the answer key)

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