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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Numbness and Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tours did Marlantes' pilot friend spend in Vietnam?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2

2. How many years after the therapy-group experience, did Marlantes have dinner with Joseph Campbell?
(a) 2 years.
(b) About 5 years.
(c) About 8 years.
(d) 7 years.

3. How many years after Marlantes killed the young NVA soldier did he first feel any emotion about having killed during the war?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

4. How many cylinders might an engine have on a boat like the one Marlantes' grandfather owned?
(a) 5 cylinders.
(b) 8-10 cylinders.
(c) 4-6 cylinders.
(d) 12 cylinders.

5. In 1968, how many men served in the Marine Air Group that flew in and took out the injured?
(a) 39.
(b) 47.
(c) 29.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

2. Where was Zoomer injured?

3. How big was the sturgeon that Marlantes and his grandfather caught in June, 1959?

4. When Marlantes was with his company in the high mountains that formed the Vietnamese border with Laos, what did he target for an air strike?

5. What group of people ended up fighting for a government that was murdering millions in concentration camps?

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