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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sledge do at every stop along the way as they advance along the airfield on Peleliu?
(a) Counts his heart beats.
(b) Pours sweat from his boot.
(c) Sings a hymn.
(d) Repeats the Lord's Prayer.

2. What chore at camp does Sledge hate the most?
(a) Kitchen patrol.
(b) Hauling away rotting coconuts.
(c) Killing vermin.
(d) Detailing the latrine.

3. How many Japanese troops are supposed to be stationed at Peleliu?
(a) 50,000
(b) 10,000
(c) 12,000
(d) 28,000

4. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?
(a) Defiling the bodies.
(b) Praying over the bodies.
(c) Stepping over the corpses without noticing them.
(d) Looting the corpses.

5. What is Sledge trained in when he is off duty?
(a) Hand-to-hand combat.
(b) Endurance training.
(c) Amphibious assault techniques.
(d) Language of the local area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sledge's boot camp instructor?

2. Where were most of Sledge's classmates transferred to after Boot Camp?

3. Why is Sledge not ashamed of his fear before the assault on Peleliu?

4. What month does Sledge reach his destination for his off-combat time?

5. What does a clear distinct voice tell Sledge while he is sitting with a group of buddies on Peleliu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so annoying to Sledge and his platoon about Mac?

2. What does Sledge notice about the veterans around him before they make the assault on Peleliu?

3. How does Sledge and his platoon finally defeat the group of Japanese soldiers who were hiding in the pillbox?

4. Why is Sledge so nervous when he ships out from Guadalcanal?

5. What does Sledge do as he and Shelton have to cross a highly unprotected air-strip on Peleliu?

6. How does Sledge feel about his infantry training after boot camp?

7. What happens to Caswell that causes Sledge to regard him with respect?

8. What are the non-commissioned officers like at Camp Elliot?

9. What does Caswell ask Sledge to not do even though many other soldiers are doing it?

10. How does Sledge feel about life on Pavuvu?

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