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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Brave Men Lost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?
(a) Stepping over the corpses without noticing them.
(b) Praying over the bodies.
(c) Looting the corpses.
(d) Defiling the bodies.

2. What happens by mistake on Peleliu that causes Sledge to hate the waste and cruelty of war?
(a) A marine trips over a wounded soldier and breaks his leg.
(b) A marine steps on a land mine.
(c) A marine kills another wounded marine.
(d) A marine sets off a of grenade next to an ammunition tent.

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 moderate length of intense battle.
(d) A long and drawn out battle.

4. What is Sledge's reaction to the first Japanese casualties he sees?
(a) He feels hatred.
(b) He is sickened.
(c) He is numb to any emotion.
(d) He finds mercy in his heart.

5. How many marines were lost on the first day of fighting at Peleliu?
(a) 2,121
(b) 3,201
(c) 1,111
(d) 1,234

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus of training at Camp Elliot?

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

3. What was the name of the ship that transported Sledge to combat?

4. How did Sledge make sure he was able to fight?

5. What is the state of the water that the Marines are supplied with after the first day of battle at Peleliu?

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