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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, End of the Agony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sledge and his company ordered to do after Okinawa is declared "secure"?
(a) Write about their experiences.
(b) Bury the dead and salvage weapons.
(c) Head home for more training.
(d) Attend therapy for post trauma disorders.

2. What was Sledge doing when he was pinned down by a lone Japanese sniper?
(a) Burying the dead.
(b) Receiving medical supplies.
(c) Going to the restroom.
(d) Delivering a message.

3. What does Mac do after he shouts into the holed up enemies after battles?
(a) He helps them to escape.
(b) He takes them as prisoners of war.
(c) He brutally attacks them.
(d) He empties out his magazine into the hole.

4. Who replaces Haldane as the commanding officer?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Slater.
(c) Sledge.
(d) Shelton.

5. What is Sledge's duty on the 50th day of combat at Okinawa?
(a) Stretcher bearer.
(b) Trench digger.
(c) Medical assistant.
(d) Statistics recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops the shooting from the Japanese in the pillbox?

2. What does Sledge's commander do when half of his class flunks out?

3. What was the main focus of training for Sledge's instructor while at boot camp?

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

5. What does Sledge shoot at during his first night at Okinawa, mistaking it for a Japanese infiltrator?

(see the answer key)

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