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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Breakthrough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is meant by "snapping in"?
(a) Dry firing.
(b) Multiple shots at a single target.
(c) Precision in marching.
(d) Holding an aim.

2. Why are so many marines at the front line on Okinawa not fighting after the first few months of battle?
(a) They do not know the right coordinates.
(b) They are low on ammunition.
(c) They are too weak and ill.
(d) They were orderend not to.

3. Who dies in mid-April that causes little concern to the troops at Okinawa?
(a) Mac.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) The Japanese Emoprer.
(d) Doc.

4. What happens to most of the letters in the rain?
(a) The names are hard to read and men get the wrong letters.
(b) The ink is washed away.
(c) The paper dissolves before the men get their mail.
(d) The mail is back logged for months at a time.

5. What were the Marines taught about "fighting dirty"?
(a) Only when necessary.
(b) There is no such thing.
(c) Do not hesitate.
(d) Never stoop to that level.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a clear distinct voice tell Sledge while he is sitting with a group of buddies on Peleliu?

2. What is the name of Sledge's platoon at Okinawa?

3. What happens to Caswell as he attends to a wounded soldier while shipping away from Peleliu?

4. What happens by mistake on Peleliu that causes Sledge to hate the waste and cruelty of war?

5. What does Sledge see another Marine do to a wounded Japanese man with his Ka Bar?

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