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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 Sledge recognized as after his graduation from boot camp?
(a) A marine.
(b) An instructor.
(c) A legal voter.
(d) An officer.

2. What did Shelton have to do with the Japanese infiltrator he killed at Peleliu?
(a) Stand guard while the body was investigated.
(b) Return the body to the front lines.
(c) Bury him.
(d) Take him to the hospital.

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

4. How did Sledge feel about his time at Camp Elliot?
(a) Exciting and dramatic.
(b) Unsanitary and humilating.
(c) Satisfactory and enjoyable.
(d) Stressful and overwhelming.

5. What is different from Bailey and the other officers at Sledge's non-combat location?
(a) He was promoted because of merit.
(b) He did not feel himself above the enlisted soldiers.
(c) He is a veteran.
(d) He knows some of the enlisted men.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the gruesome souvenir that one of Sledge's comrades was forced to discard?

3. What do the Japanese use for their counterattack after the third US attack in Okinawa?

4. What does Sledge read in a letter from home after a hard day of combat in Okinawa?

5. What does Rupertus predict at Peleliu?

(see the answer key)

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