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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Of Shock and Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the focus of training at Camp Elliot?
(a) Strategic maneuvering.
(b) Fatigue treatment.
(c) Combat tactics.
(d) Discipline under stress.

2. What did the new Marines do to the veterans?
(a) Challenged them to boxing matches.
(b) Asked for extra weapons.
(c) Sent letters home with them.
(d) Smothered them with questions.

3. Why do Sledge and the other men in his company feel so lucky in their placement on Okinawa?
(a) It is very quiet.
(b) They are learning Japanese culture.
(c) They are able to kill Japanese with very little enemy fire.
(d) They are well armed for combat.

4. What is the state of the water that the Marines are supplied with after the first day of battle at Peleliu?
(a) Foul and polluted.
(b) Cool and crisp.
(c) Hot but clean.
(d) Cluttered with debris.

5. What is Sledge's duty on the 50th day of combat at Okinawa?
(a) Trench digger.
(b) Statistics recorder.
(c) Medical assistant.
(d) Stretcher bearer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day are the men scheduled to land on Okinawa?

2. What feature of warfare does Sledge comment on that is often overlooked in official accounts?

3. How many Japanese troops are supposed to be stationed at Peleliu?

4. What does Sledge note that most accounts of war leave out of the record?

5. What do the men in Sledge's company debate about their work at Peleliu?

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