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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Breakthrough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month does Sledge reach his destination for his off-combat time?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) November.

2. What did Shelton have to do with the Japanese infiltrator he killed at Peleliu?
(a) Take him to the hospital.
(b) Stand guard while the body was investigated.
(c) Bury him.
(d) Return the body to the front lines.

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

4. What happens to Caswell as he attends to a wounded soldier while shipping away from Peleliu?
(a) He runs out of the supplies he needs.
(b) He gets a knife wound to the face.
(c) He gets sick from seeing so much gore.
(d) He falls ill from loss of blood.

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 does Sledge see another Marine do to a wounded Japanese man with his Ka Bar?

2. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?

3. What was Caswell's nick-name?

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

5. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?

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