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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, End of the Agony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who replaces Haldane as the commanding officer?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Sledge.
(c) Shelton.
(d) Slater.

2. What is Sledge's reaction to the first Japanese casualties he sees?
(a) He is sickened.
(b) He feels hatred.
(c) He is numb to any emotion.
(d) He finds mercy in his heart.

3. What surprises Sledge about the picture that Kathy shows him?
(a) The hope he gains.
(b) The lack of beauty.
(c) The lack of emotion.
(d) The beauty.

4. What causes Sledge momentary mental confusion as he is fighting outside of the pillbox?
(a) He loses his hearing for a moment from a blast.
(b) He witnesses his first direct kill.
(c) He sees a Marine accidentally kill another Marine.
(d) He sees a good friend die.

5. What war is this book set in?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korean.
(c) WWI.
(d) WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are most of the survivors of Okinawa suffering from after weeks of battle?

2. What happens to most of the letters in the rain?

3. How does Sledge get away from the Japanese sniper that stopped him on the way back to his camp?

4. Why is chapter 9 titled "Stay of Execution"?

5. Why are there mountains of bodies and feces?

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