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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Of Mud and Maggots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different from Bailey and the other officers at Sledge's non-combat location?
(a) He was promoted because of merit.
(b) He did not feel himself above the enlisted soldiers.
(c) He knows some of the enlisted men.
(d) He is a veteran.

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

3. How does Sledge's company celebrate Christmas while they are away from combat?
(a) A USO concert with Bob Hope.
(b) Big presentation of presents.
(c) Good food.
(d) They read Bible passages and pray for peace.

4. What does Sledge feel is slipping away as he endures barrage after barrage of Japanese fire on Okinawa?
(a) His emotions.
(b) His hope.
(c) His sanity.
(d) His belief in God.

5. Where is Sledge's unit located during the fighting in chapter 12?
(a) Broken Neck Hollow.
(b) Heart Break Hill.
(c) Bloody Nose Ridge.
(d) Half Moon Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sledge watch explode from direct Japanese fire?

2. What does Nease do to make their New Year's at the non-combat zone more festive?

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

4. How many marines were lost on the first day of fighting at Peleliu?

5. What were the troops instructed to do as they hit landfall?

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