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

2. Where was Sledge stationed?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Pacific Theater.
(c) Korea.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

3. What is the state of the water that the Marines are supplied with after the first day of battle at Peleliu?
(a) Hot but clean.
(b) Cluttered with debris.
(c) Cool and crisp.
(d) Foul and polluted.

4. What were the troops instructed to do as they hit landfall?
(a) Cover for the person in front of them.
(b) Scream like banshees to create distraction.
(c) Fire into the trees.
(d) Get off the beach as quickly as possible.

5. What are Sledge and his company trained in while at the first destination?
(a) Endurance and land maneuvering.
(b) Extensive hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Large-scale amphibious assault training.
(d) Training on wide range weaponry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sledge attribute his survival in combat to?

2. Where were the troops transported to after leaving Camp Elliot?

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

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

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

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