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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 do the men in Sledge's company debate about their work at Peleliu?
(a) If it was done in the right way.
(b) If it was enough.
(c) If it was necessary.
(d) If they were fighting for the right cause.

2. What happens to most of the letters in the rain?
(a) The mail is back logged for months at a time.
(b) The paper dissolves before the men get their mail.
(c) The ink is washed away.
(d) The names are hard to read and men get the wrong letters.

3. What is different from Bailey and the other officers at Sledge's non-combat location?
(a) He did not feel himself above the enlisted soldiers.
(b) He knows some of the enlisted men.
(c) He is a veteran.
(d) He was promoted because of merit.

4. What did Sledge's instructors promise that they would need to know to do?
(a) Walk without sound.
(b) Cauterize a wound.
(c) Fight with a knife.
(d) Shoot with precision.

5. 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?
(a) The recoil drives the base-plate into the mud.
(b) The rain is ruining the ammunition.
(c) They have to re-set the targets as the Japanese advance.
(d) They have to move the mortar forward as they advance on the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the troops in Sledge's unit react to the news that Germany has surrendered to the Allies?

2. What famous personality performs a show for Sledge's company?

3. How do the men in Sledge's until feel about Shadow's appearance?

4. What does Sledge fear most in battle?

5. How many marines have been sent to Peleliu?

(see the answer key)

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