View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Stay of Execution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the veteran men feel about their commanding officer on Okinawa?
(a) They enjoy his enthusiasm.
(b) They hold him in contempt.
(c) They fear he will die.
(d) They want him to seek medical attention.

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

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

4. What happens to Caswell as he attends to a wounded soldier while shipping away from Peleliu?
(a) He falls ill from loss of blood.
(b) He runs out of the supplies he needs.
(c) He gets a knife wound to the face.
(d) He gets sick from seeing so much gore.

5. What does Sledge think about the Marine Corps pilots while he is heading away from Peleliu?
(a) They are incredibly skilled.
(b) They are not as skilled as the Japanese.
(c) They are highly effective.
(d) They are harbingers of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops the shooting from the Japanese in the pillbox?

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

3. What is the expected mortality rate on the beaches at Okinawa?

4. What does he see the veteran soldiers do when they see the first Japanese casualties?

5. What is different from Bailey and the other officers at Sledge's non-combat location?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 292 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample