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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. How old was Sledge when he died?
(a) 65.
(b) 81.
(c) 70.
(d) 29.

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

3. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?
(a) Praying over the bodies.
(b) Looting the corpses.
(c) Stepping over the corpses without noticing them.
(d) Defiling the bodies.

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

5. Where is the first combat destination for Sledge?
(a) Guadalcanal.
(b) Peleliu.
(c) Iwo Jima.
(d) Okinawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Marines taught about "fighting dirty"?

2. What was Sledge's Platoon number at Boot Camp?

3. How many marines have been sent to Peleliu?

4. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?

5. Why was the ship so poorly accommodated for the troops?

(see the answer key)

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