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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupation of the adult Scout leader who dropped Marlantes and his fellow Scouts for survival training?
(a) Timber cruiser.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Printer.
(d) Production worker.

2. What movie had Marlantes seen that made him want a medal?
(a) Twelve O'Clock High.
(b) Sergeant York.
(c) They Were Expendable.
(d) To Hell and Back.

3. Where was Marlantes' Uncle George wounded?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

4. What was the name of the private in Chapter Six who crawled over with Kool-Aid stains around his mouth?
(a) Martin.
(b) McIntrye.
(c) Schroeder.
(d) Risling.

5. How many years passed after Philoctetes was exiled did someone come to get his weapon?
(a) 8.
(b) 21.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did President Johnson give a speech in September 1967?

2. In Greek and Roman mythology, what was a metaphor for consciousness?

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

4. In Chapter Seven, what were an executive officer and a platoon commander bargaining over?

5. What day were the Scouts to rendezvous at a designated location?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what did Marlantes believe the Vietnam War would be infamous?

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

5. In Chapter Eight, Marlantes heard someone screaming as he and his men moved toward the NVA. Why was the man screaming?

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

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

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

9. Describe Marlantes' Scout survival training?

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

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