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

2. What was the date of the atomic detonation at Hiroshima?
(a) April 8th.
(b) April 18th.
(c) August 18th.
(d) August 8th.

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

4. Where is Sledge sent after three days on Peleliu?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) Korea.
(c) Ngesebus Island.
(d) Home to America.

5. Why are two Marines fighting over a range card from the ammunition package?
(a) They have gone insane.
(b) There is a lipstick imprint on it.
(c) They are bored.
(d) The range card has a lucky number on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men kill with gusto while they are stationed away from the combat zones?

2. What do the men in Sledge's company debate about their work at Peleliu?

3. What does Sledge feel is slipping away as he endures barrage after barrage of Japanese fire on Okinawa?

4. What are most of the survivors of Okinawa suffering from after weeks of battle?

5. What does Sledge resent about the officers giving him orders during his non-combat time?

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