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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Sledge transferred after the war is ended?
(a) China.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

3. What does Lieutenant Stanley collapse from after the fighting at Okinawa?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Shock.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Malaria.

4. What is the weather like as Sledge heads away from Shuri?
(a) Mild and breezy.
(b) Freezing cold.
(c) Constant light rain.
(d) Extremely hot.

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

6. What are most of the survivors of Okinawa suffering from after weeks of battle?
(a) Shock.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

8. What does Sledge do with his socks when he finally removes his boots for the first time in two weeks?
(a) Keeps them as souveniers.
(b) Throws them away.
(c) Puts them in Snafu's pack as a prank.
(d) Buries them.

9. What did Shelton have to do with the Japanese infiltrator he killed at Peleliu?
(a) Stand guard while the body was investigated.
(b) Take him to the hospital.
(c) Return the body to the front lines.
(d) Bury him.

10. What is wrong with the Okinawan woman in the hut that Sledge finds?
(a) She has a gangrenous wound.
(b) All of the men in her life have been killed.
(c) She is crazy.
(d) She is ashamed.

11. Who dies in mid-April that causes little concern to the troops at Okinawa?
(a) Mac.
(b) Doc.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) The Japanese Emoprer.

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

13. What does Sledge get from having continuously wet feet?
(a) Immersion foot.
(b) Frost Bite.
(c) Athletes foot.
(d) Gangrene.

14. What does Sledge rescue from a mud pit while on Okinawa?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A Japanese soldier.
(d) A marine.

15. Why is Mac's behavior at the front lines on Okinawa so unexpected?
(a) He has always been very quiet and meek.
(b) He promised to attack the Japanese line with a knife and a pistol.
(c) He swore to stay level headed.
(d) He mocked other men who would wound themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sledge and a number of other Marines watch a Japanese mother do while on Okinawa?

2. What is Sledge's duty on the 50th day of combat at Okinawa?

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

4. What day did the war come to an end?

5. What do the men use to keep the mortars and ammunition above the water?

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