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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Of Shock and Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What do the Japanese do at night while Sledge is on Peleliu?
(a) Infiltrate the front lines.
(b) Collect souveniers from dead soldiers.
(c) Fire on the camps.
(d) Bury their dead.

3. What was Caswell's nick-name?
(a) Bullseye.
(b) Gunner.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Doc.

4. What does Sledge's commander do when half of his class flunks out?
(a) He screams and demands re-testing.
(b) He cries.
(c) He resigns from his post, feeling he has failed.
(d) He winks and nods.

5. What is the state of the water that the Marines are supplied with after the first day of battle at Peleliu?
(a) Cluttered with debris.
(b) Cool and crisp.
(c) Foul and polluted.
(d) Hot but clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the clay in Okinawa from the clay in Peleliu?

2. How do the men in Sledge's until feel about Shadow's appearance?

3. What chore at camp does Sledge hate the most?

4. What was Sledge's job in the Marines?

5. What did the new Marines do to the veterans?

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