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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Another Amphibious Assault.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sledge gets the chance to meet veterans from where?
(a) British Isles.
(b) Bougainville.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Nagisaki.

2. Where were the troops transported to after leaving Camp Elliot?
(a) Camp St. Lorence.
(b) Camp St. Francis.
(c) Camp St. Mark.
(d) Camp St. Louis.

3. What did the new Marines do to the veterans?
(a) Asked for extra weapons.
(b) Challenged them to boxing matches.
(c) Sent letters home with them.
(d) Smothered them with questions.

4. How old was Sledge when he died?
(a) 70.
(b) 81.
(c) 65.
(d) 29.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do some of the men in Sledge's company seek shelter when they are fired on from a pillbox that they thought was abandoned?

2. What are Sledge and his company trained in while at the first destination?

3. What was the name of the ship that Sledge and his company took after they completed their training?

4. What is Sledge momentarily pinned down by at Peleliu?

5. Where was Sledge stationed?

(see the answer key)

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