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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 does Sledge see crash into the USS Birmingham?
(a) A submarine torpedo.
(b) A mortar shell.
(c) A badly aimed US missile.
(d) A Kamikaze plane.

2. What do Sledge and his company pass through a lot of as they head to the combat lines in Okinawa?
(a) MASH units.
(b) Piles of casualties.
(c) Abandoned trenches.
(d) Tent cities.

3. What do the Japanese use for their counterattack after the third US attack in Okinawa?
(a) Banzai attack units.
(b) Kamikaze planes.
(c) 60mm Mortars.
(d) Amphibious vehicles.

4. Who was the highest-ranking American officer killed during World War II?
(a) Colonel Stanley Benson Bolter.
(b) Admiral Samuel Benjamin Brinter.
(c) General Simon Bolivar Buckner.
(d) General Scott Brian Buckner.

5. What is Sledge's duty on the 50th day of combat at Okinawa?
(a) Statistics recorder.
(b) Medical assistant.
(c) Trench digger.
(d) Stretcher bearer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Japanese prisoner wearing who tried to block the way as Sledge's company headed away from Shuri?

2. What do Sledge and a number of other Marines watch a Japanese mother do while on Okinawa?

3. What is the superstition that many Marines have about the third campaign?

4. Why do Sledge and the other men in his company feel so lucky in their placement on Okinawa?

5. What happens when it begins to rain in Okinawa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sledge think will happen to Caswell when Sledge has to administer first-aid to his serious wounds and carry him back to base?

2. How do Sledge and his platoon take the news of Nease's death?

3. Why are Sledge and his platoon not deeply affected by Franklin Roosevelt's death?

4. How do the officers treat the enlisted men after Okinawa is declared "secure"?

5. Why does Sledge feel so fortunate in his placement in Okinawa when he first arrives there?

6. What is so significant about the death of General Buckner?

7. Why are the weapons rusting so badly while on Okinawa?

8. What do Sledge and some of his comrades watch a Japanese woman do while they are on Okinawa?

9. What is covering nearly every surface while sledge is stationed at Half Moon Hill?

10. What did Sledge do for the woman in the abandoned hut instead of what she wanted him to do?

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