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

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

3. What do the men use to keep the mortars and ammunition above the water?
(a) Helmets.
(b) Packing crates.
(c) Tree branches.
(d) Palm frongs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ship that Sledge and his company took after they completed their training?

2. What was the name of Sledge's boot camp instructor?

3. What does Sledge see crash into the USS Birmingham?

4. What do the men have to do while in the foxholes and trenches when the ground gets over-saturated with rain?

5. What is a "million dollar wound"?

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