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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 the name of Sledge's platoon at Okinawa?
(a) K/3/5.
(b) K/1/7.
(c) K/1/2.
(d) K/4/6.

2. Who does Sledge attribute his survival in combat to?
(a) His boot camp instructor.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His dead father.

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

4. What does Sledge watch explode from direct Japanese fire?
(a) An Amtrac.
(b) A close friend.
(c) A small patch of beach next to him.
(d) A Marine DUKW.

5. What is surprising about the Japanese counter attack on Peleliu?
(a) It came too soon.
(b) It was not a Banzai attack.
(c) It was not as intense as anticipated.
(d) It was much more intense than anticipated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men in Sledge's until feel about Shadow's appearance?

2. What is the one word that Sledge uses to describe Shadow?

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

4. Why do the men have to perform their own re-supply operations while fighting on Okinawa?

5. What famous personality performs a show for Sledge's company?

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