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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) Fatigue treatment.
(b) Combat tactics.
(c) Strategic maneuvering.
(d) Discipline under stress.

2. What is different about the fear that Sledge feels while he is in combat in Okinawa?
(a) He knows he will survive.
(b) He is numb to all emotions.
(c) He feels very strong animosity toward his enemies.
(d) He knows what to expect.

3. Why are there mountains of bodies and feces?
(a) They want to bring the bodies home if possible.
(b) There is not time between the fighting.
(c) It is a form of defense.
(d) The terrain is too rough to bury them.

4. Where is Sledge transferred to after Boot Camp?
(a) Camp Pendleton.
(b) Camp Williams.
(c) Camp Elliot.
(d) Camp David.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens by mistake on Peleliu that causes Sledge to hate the waste and cruelty of war?

2. How many men of the original 235 from Sledge's company left Peleliu unhurt?

3. What is surprising about the Japanese counter attack on Peleliu?

4. What was the name of Sledge's older brother?

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

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