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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Of Mud and Maggots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a clear distinct voice tell Sledge while he is sitting with a group of buddies on Peleliu?
(a) Peace is the goal!
(b) Serve with honor!
(c) You will survive the war!
(d) You are doing the right thing!

2. What does Lieutenant Stanley collapse from after the fighting at Okinawa?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Shock.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dehydration.

3. What is the expected mortality rate on the beaches at Okinawa?
(a) 75%
(b) 50%
(c) 85%
(d) 25%

4. What does Sledge feel about religion in war?
(a) It is the only things that gives him peace.
(b) He cannot understand how there can be a God when he has seen so much destruction.
(c) He finds the idea of grown men praying foolish.
(d) He does not see how it can help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many marines were lost on the first day of fighting at Peleliu?

2. What does Sledge watch explode from direct Japanese fire?

3. What is surprising about the Japanese counter attack on Peleliu?

4. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?

5. What is the state of the water that the Marines are supplied with after the first day of battle at Peleliu?

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