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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 is covering nearly every surface while Sledge works as a stretcher bearer?
(a) Pus.
(b) Water.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Blood.

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

3. What does Sledge feel is slipping away as he endures barrage after barrage of Japanese fire on Okinawa?
(a) His emotions.
(b) His belief in God.
(c) His hope.
(d) His sanity.

4. What does Sledge see strewn about that causes the stench of war?
(a) Piles of garbage.
(b) Hills of excrement.
(c) Casualties.
(d) Decaying animal hides.

5. What month does Sledge reach his destination for his off-combat time?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nease do to make their New Year's at the non-combat zone more festive?

2. What do the men in Sledge's company debate about their work at Peleliu?

3. What surprises Sledge about the picture that Kathy shows him?

4. What is Sledge's reaction to the first Japanese casualties he sees?

5. What day are the men scheduled to land on Okinawa?

(see the answer key)

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