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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Another Amphibious Assault.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Peleliu?
(a) In Polynesia.
(b) On the mainland of Japan.
(c) A tiny island in the Palau group.
(d) A small group of islands off the coast of Korea.

3. What does Rupertus predict at Peleliu?
(a) Intense fighting for a moment followed by a long string of lower intensity assaults.
(b) A rapid victory.
(c) A long and drawn out battle.
(d) A moderate length of intense battle.

4. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?
(a) Veteran's Day.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) Halloween.

5. Where did Sledge attend boot camp?
(a) San Diego.
(b) San Marino.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Albana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sledge not ashamed of his fear before the assault on Peleliu?

2. What did Sledge's instructors promise that they would need to know to do?

3. Why was the ship so poorly accommodated for the troops?

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

5. What does Sledge see a man doing to a dead Japanese machine gunner after taking the pillbox?

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