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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 Sledge trained in when he is off duty?
(a) Endurance training.
(b) Amphibious assault techniques.
(c) Hand-to-hand combat.
(d) Language of the local area.

2. What was so amazing about Boyle's clothing after the 50th day of combat?
(a) They were perfectly clean even though he had been lying on the ground for two days.
(b) He has stolen a Japanese uniform and infiltrated the enemy lines.
(c) They were completely shredded and barely covering him.
(d) They were filled with bullet holes, but he was not harmed.

3. What do Sledge and his company pass through a lot of as they head to the combat lines in Okinawa?
(a) Piles of casualties.
(b) Abandoned trenches.
(c) MASH units.
(d) Tent cities.

4. What does Mac shoot at to pass the time while waiting for the enemy to arrive at Okinawa?
(a) A map of the United States.
(b) A decaying animal jawbone.
(c) A haystack.
(d) A dead prisoner.

5. What chore at camp does Sledge hate the most?
(a) Detailing the latrine.
(b) Killing vermin.
(c) Kitchen patrol.
(d) Hauling away rotting coconuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do some of the men in Sledge's company seek shelter when they are fired on from a pillbox that they thought was abandoned?

3. What do Sledge and a number of other Marines watch a Japanese mother do while on Okinawa?

4. Why does Sledge and his crew have to re-seat the base-plate of their mortar after a few rounds while holding the front lines in Okinawa?

5. What was Sledge's Platoon number at Boot Camp?

(see the answer key)

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