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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Breakthrough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who replaces Haldane as the commanding officer?
(a) Shelton.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Slater.
(d) Sledge.

2. What is different about the fear that Sledge feels while he is in combat in Okinawa?
(a) He knows he will survive.
(b) He feels very strong animosity toward his enemies.
(c) He knows what to expect.
(d) He is numb to all emotions.

3. What does Sledge feel about religion in war?
(a) It is the only things that gives him peace.
(b) He cannot understand how there can be a God when he has seen so much destruction.
(c) He finds the idea of grown men praying foolish.
(d) He does not see how it can help.

4. What state was sledge born in?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Alaska.

5. What does Sledge enjoy when he is relieved from the front lines at Peleliu?
(a) More rest.
(b) A detail of burying dead bodies.
(c) A chance to improve his personal hygeine.
(d) Letters from home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one word that Sledge uses to describe Shadow?

2. What is so impressive to Sledge about Haldane?

3. Why are there mountains of bodies and feces?

4. What was so amazing about Boyle's clothing after the 50th day of combat?

5. What did Shelton have to do with the Japanese infiltrator he killed at Peleliu?

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