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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?
(a) Veteran's Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas Eve.
2. What do the Japanese do at night while Sledge is on Peleliu?
(a) Collect souveniers from dead soldiers.
(b) Bury their dead.
(c) Fire on the camps.
(d) Infiltrate the front lines.
3. How does Sledge's company celebrate Christmas while they are away from combat?
(a) Big presentation of presents.
(b) Good food.
(c) They read Bible passages and pray for peace.
(d) A USO concert with Bob Hope.
4. Where was Sledge stationed?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Pacific Theater.
(d) Korea.
5. What was the name of the ship that transported Sledge to combat?
(a) SLT 166.
(b) LST 661.
(c) LTS 771.
(d) TSL 161.
6. What is so impressive to Sledge about Haldane?
(a) He has remarkable concern for his men.
(b) He has the strength of ten men.
(c) His laugh is infectious and warm.
(d) He is incredibly brave.
7. What is a "million dollar wound"?
(a) A fatal wound.
(b) A wound caused in a Japanese sniper.
(c) A wound that is not bad enough to stop their fighting.
(d) A wound that gets you out of the combat zone without being killed.
8. What does Sledge think about the Marine Corps pilots while he is heading away from Peleliu?
(a) They are not as skilled as the Japanese.
(b) They are highly effective.
(c) They are incredibly skilled.
(d) They are harbingers of death.
9. What does Nease do to make their New Year's at the non-combat zone more festive?
(a) Gets a radio to have a dance.
(b) Steals turkeys from the officer's mess.
(c) Finds some fire works.
(d) Reads a book to the men.
10. What was the name of the ship that Sledge and his company took after they completed their training?
(a) President Washington.
(b) President Polk.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) President Johnson.
11. Where is Sledge sent after three days on Peleliu?
(a) Home to America.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Korea.
(d) Ngesebus Island.
12. How old was Sledge when he died?
(a) 70.
(b) 29.
(c) 81.
(d) 65.
13. What do the men in Sledge's company debate about their work at Peleliu?
(a) If it was necessary.
(b) If it was done in the right way.
(c) If it was enough.
(d) If they were fighting for the right cause.
14. What state was sledge born in?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Alabama.
15. What does Sledge resent about the officers giving him orders during his non-combat time?
(a) Their condescension.
(b) Their tone.
(c) Their inexperience.
(d) Their lack of concern for their mental welfare.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Peleliu?
2. What is different from Bailey and the other officers at Sledge's non-combat location?
3. What is Sledge's main job while he is deployed at Bloody Nose Ridge?
4. What does Bailey do to get Sledge's respect during time away from combat?
5. Where do some of the men in Sledge's company seek shelter when they are fired on from a pillbox that they thought was abandoned?
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