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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the superstition that many Marines have about the third campaign?
(a) You are so experienced by the third campaign that you are unstoppable.
(b) No one survives three campaigns of combat.
(c) You will never retire from the military after three combat campaigns.
(d) The third time will drive you insane.

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

3. Why is chapter 9 titled "Stay of Execution"?
(a) He was given the job of executing P.O.W.s.
(b) Sledge's landing on Okinawa was largely unopposed.
(c) He watched many of his comrades- in-arms die.
(d) Sledge felt that they were merely executing civilians rather than fighting soldiers.

4. About how many American soldiers became casualties to secure Japan?
(a) 10,000
(b) 10,000,000
(c) 1,000,000
(d) 100,000

5. What have the American armored vehicles been equipped with for psychological warfare reasons?
(a) Flashing lights.
(b) Firehoses.
(c) Flamethrowers.
(d) Sirens.

6. How many veterans of Peleliu remained after the campaign in Okinawa?
(a) 106
(b) 56
(c) 26
(d) 76

7. What was so amazing about Boyle's clothing after the 50th day of combat?
(a) They were completely shredded and barely covering him.
(b) He has stolen a Japanese uniform and infiltrated the enemy lines.
(c) They were perfectly clean even though he had been lying on the ground for two days.
(d) They were filled with bullet holes, but he was not harmed.

8. What is different about the clay in Okinawa from the clay in Peleliu?
(a) It has a soothing scent.
(b) It is much harder to dig trenches.
(c) It holds more moisture.
(d) It is more suitable for digging trenches.

9. Why does Sledge scavenge Japanese rations?
(a) They are better than the American ones.
(b) He is allergic to some of the American rations.
(c) Everyone else is doing it.
(d) He does not get enough from his own to sustain him.

10. Why do the men have to perform their own re-supply operations while fighting on Okinawa?
(a) The mud is keeping the vehicles from being able to move.
(b) There were not enough supplies left to justify the fuel for a vehicle.
(c) It is a much more stealthy maneuver to use men.
(d) The vehicles has been disarmed by the Japanese.

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

12. What does Sledge shoot at during his first night at Okinawa, mistaking it for a Japanese infiltrator?
(a) A tree.
(b) A US marine.
(c) A corpse.
(d) A haystack.

13. What does Mac want to arm himself with as he charges the Japanese line at Okinawa?
(a) A grenade.
(b) A knife and a pistol.
(c) A sniper rifle.
(d) A 60mm mortar.

14. How do the troops in Sledge's unit react to the news that Germany has surrendered to the Allies?
(a) They are not impressed.
(b) They throw a huge party.
(c) They are angry that they were not there.
(d) They get more motivation to push forward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sledge administer first aid to on the front lines at Okinawa and then carry back to the camp fearing he will die?

2. What was the date of the atomic detonation at Hiroshima?

3. Why are so many marines at the front line on Okinawa not fighting after the first few months of battle?

4. Where is Sledge's unit located during the fighting in chapter 12?

5. How long does Sledge go in Okinawa without taking off his boots?

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