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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 was the gruesome souvenir that one of Sledge's comrades was forced to discard?
(a) A severed Japanese hand.
(b) A Japanese tongue.
(c) A piece of Japanese flesh.
(d) A Japanese flag.

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

3. What surprises Sledge about the picture that Kathy shows him?
(a) The beauty.
(b) The lack of emotion.
(c) The lack of beauty.
(d) The hope he gains.

4. Who does Sledge describe as "slightly Asiatic in thinking"?
(a) Haldane.
(b) Shelton.
(c) Haney.
(d) Hanover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does Sledge reach his destination for his off-combat time?

2. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?

3. What does Sledge fear most in battle?

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

5. Who dies in mid-April that causes little concern to the troops at Okinawa?

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