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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 does Mac shoot at to pass the time while waiting for the enemy to arrive at Okinawa?
(a) A decaying animal jawbone.
(b) A haystack.
(c) A dead prisoner.
(d) A map of the United States.

2. Why do the men have to perform their own re-supply operations while fighting on Okinawa?
(a) The vehicles has been disarmed by the Japanese.
(b) There were not enough supplies left to justify the fuel for a vehicle.
(c) It is a much more stealthy maneuver to use men.
(d) The mud is keeping the vehicles from being able to move.

3. What was the main focus of training for Sledge's instructor while at boot camp?
(a) Strength and Agility.
(b) Discipline under stress.
(c) Marksmanship.
(d) Patriotism.

4. What is a "million dollar wound"?
(a) A wound caused in a Japanese sniper.
(b) A wound that gets you out of the combat zone without being killed.
(c) A wound that is not bad enough to stop their fighting.
(d) A fatal wound.

5. Why does Sledge and his crew have to re-seat the base-plate of their mortar after a few rounds while holding the front lines in Okinawa?
(a) The rain is ruining the ammunition.
(b) They have to re-set the targets as the Japanese advance.
(c) The recoil drives the base-plate into the mud.
(d) They have to move the mortar forward as they advance on the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sledge think about the Marine Corps pilots while he is heading away from Peleliu?

2. How old was Sledge when he died?

3. What is the giant spatula used for at the bunkers of Okinawa?

4. What were the troops instructed to do as they hit landfall?

5. How is Haldane killed?

(see the answer key)

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