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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Brave Men Lost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Sledge's boot camp instructor?
(a) Corporal Doherty.
(b) Captain Douglas.
(c) Commander Davidson.
(d) Chancellor Daniels.

2. What is a "million dollar wound"?
(a) A wound that is not bad enough to stop their fighting.
(b) A wound caused in a Japanese sniper.
(c) A wound that gets you out of the combat zone without being killed.
(d) A fatal wound.

3. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?
(a) Looting the corpses.
(b) Stepping over the corpses without noticing them.
(c) Defiling the bodies.
(d) Praying over the bodies.

4. How many Japanese troops are supposed to be stationed at Peleliu?
(a) 10,000
(b) 50,000
(c) 28,000
(d) 12,000

5. What was the main focus of training for Sledge's instructor while at boot camp?
(a) Strength and Agility.
(b) Marksmanship.
(c) Discipline under stress.
(d) Patriotism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sledge feel about his time at Camp Elliot?

2. How many marines have been sent to Peleliu?

3. What feature of warfare does Sledge comment on that is often overlooked in official accounts?

4. How is Haldane killed?

5. What does Sledge see a man doing to a dead Japanese machine gunner after taking the pillbox?

(see the answer key)

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