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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is the giant spatula used for at the bunkers of Okinawa?
(a) Performing autopsies on Japanese casualties.
(b) Preparing the meals for all the men.
(c) Lifting mortars out of the mud.
(d) Scraping corpses out of the fox holes.

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

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

6. Why are so many marines at the front line on Okinawa not fighting after the first few months of battle?
(a) They are too weak and ill.
(b) They were orderend not to.
(c) They do not know the right coordinates.
(d) They are low on ammunition.

7. Why does Sledge and his crew have to re-seat the base-plate of their mortar after a few rounds while holding the front lines in Okinawa?
(a) The recoil drives the base-plate into the mud.
(b) They have to re-set the targets as the Japanese advance.
(c) The rain is ruining the ammunition.
(d) They have to move the mortar forward as they advance on the Japanese.

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

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

10. What does Mac do when he is about to go into combat on Okinawa?
(a) He goes insane.
(b) He screams out threats and profanities all day long.
(c) He purposely wounds himself so that he can get sent away.
(d) He digs a giant trench and hides.

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

12. What does Sledge see strewn about that causes the stench of war?
(a) Casualties.
(b) Hills of excrement.
(c) Decaying animal hides.
(d) Piles of garbage.

13. What do the Marines enjoy doing as they advance towards the Japanese ridges in Okinawa?
(a) Shooting the fleeing Japanese soldiers.
(b) Enjoying the beauty of the Japanese landscapes.
(c) Singin military cadences to bolster their courage.
(d) Shouting profanites at the fleeing Japanese soldiers.

14. What was the Japanese prisoner wearing who tried to block the way as Sledge's company headed away from Shuri?
(a) A marine uniform.
(b) A loincloth.
(c) Heavy armor.
(d) Nothing.

15. What do the Japanese use for their counterattack after the third US attack in Okinawa?
(a) Amphibious vehicles.
(b) 60mm Mortars.
(c) Kamikaze planes.
(d) Banzai attack units.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do the men in Sledge's until feel about Shadow's appearance?

4. What does Mac shout when he approaches holed up enemies after battles?

5. What is the name of the major Japanese fortification that Sledge and his troop have to break through in order to gain victory?

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