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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Assault into Hell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sledge do at every stop along the way as they advance along the airfield on Peleliu?
(a) Repeats the Lord's Prayer.
(b) Sings a hymn.
(c) Pours sweat from his boot.
(d) Counts his heart beats.

2. What did Sledge's instructors promise that they would need to know to do?
(a) Fight with a knife.
(b) Shoot with precision.
(c) Walk without sound.
(d) Cauterize a wound.

3. How many marines were lost on the first day of fighting at Peleliu?
(a) 1,111
(b) 3,201
(c) 2,121
(d) 1,234

4. Where is Peleliu?
(a) A small group of islands off the coast of Korea.
(b) A tiny island in the Palau group.
(c) On the mainland of Japan.
(d) In Polynesia.

5. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?
(a) Veteran's Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas Eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were most of Sledge's classmates transferred to after Boot Camp?

2. What was the name of the ship that Sledge and his company took after they completed their training?

3. What state was sledge born in?

4. Why does Sledge have to hold tight to the Amtrac before the beach assault on Peleliu?

5. What was the company's opinion of Captain Haldane?

(see the answer key)

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