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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the American armored vehicles been equipped with for psychological warfare reasons?

2. What did Sledge do after returning home from the war?

3. What does Sledge note that most accounts of war leave out of the record?

4. What happens when it begins to rain in Okinawa?

5. How deep is the mud during the rain in Okinawa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sledge do for the woman in the abandoned hut instead of what she wanted him to do?

2. What is so significant about the death of General Buckner?

3. Why are Sledge and his platoon not deeply affected by Franklin Roosevelt's death?

4. Why is chapter 9 entitled "Stay of execution"?

5. How does Sledge feel about his duty to police Okinawa after the area has been secured?

6. How does Sledge describe the 320mm spigot-mortar?

7. Why are so many marines unable to continue fighting during the rainstorms on Okinawa?

8. What did the Japanese woman in the abandoned hut want Sledge to do for her?

9. What does Shadow reprimand one of Sledge's friends for doing while fighting on Okinawa?

10. What does Sledge credit his survival in combat to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Sledge change throughout the story? What were his thoughts at the beginning as compared to the end? What specific experiences during the war had profound impacts on him? Did he change for the better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sledge chose some very descriptive titles for each of his chapters. Choose 3 of the chapter titles and discuss why he named the chapter that way. What did it add to the text? Why do you think he chose that title?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what happened when Sledge met the Okinawa woman in the hut. Why did Sledge not give her what she wanted? How did he try to help her? What happened? How did this outcome affect Sledge? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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