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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sledge see another Marine do to a wounded Japanese man with his Ka Bar?
(a) Take his family picture and cut it up.
(b) Slit his throat for fun.
(c) Urinate on his wounds.
(d) Extract his gold teeth while he is still alive.

2. What is Sledge trained in when he is off duty?
(a) Endurance training.
(b) Language of the local area.
(c) Amphibious assault techniques.
(d) Hand-to-hand combat.

3. Where is Sledge transferred to after Boot Camp?
(a) Camp Pendleton.
(b) Camp Williams.
(c) Camp Elliot.
(d) Camp David.

4. What is the name of the ridge on Peleliu that was under almost constant barrage of artillery?
(a) Broken Neck Ridge.
(b) Heart Attack Ridge.
(c) Caualty Capital Ridge.
(d) Bloody Nose Ridge.

5. What do the men kill with gusto while they are stationed away from the combat zones?
(a) Nothing--they are done killing.
(b) The targets.
(c) The insects.
(d) The vermin.

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

7. What was the company's opinion of Captain Haldane?
(a) They needed him.
(b) They were afraid of him.
(c) They adored him.
(d) They hated him.

8. What are Sledge and his company trained in while at the first destination?
(a) Endurance and land maneuvering.
(b) Large-scale amphibious assault training.
(c) Extensive hand-to-hand combat.
(d) Training on wide range weaponry.

9. What is Sledge momentarily pinned down by at Peleliu?
(a) Friendly fire.
(b) A tree root.
(c) Banzai attack.
(d) Japanese foot soldiers.

10. What is a Ka Bar?
(a) Parachute.
(b) Helmet.
(c) Bayonet.
(d) Large knife.

11. What does Sledge see a man doing to a dead Japanese machine gunner after taking the pillbox?
(a) Trying to piece his skull back together.
(b) Mutilating his body.
(c) Tossing pieces of coral into his shattered skull cavity.
(d) Taking out his golden teeth.

12. What holiday did Sledge graduate from boot camp on?
(a) Veteran's Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Halloween.

13. How is Haldane killed?
(a) He was shot down while reconnoitering terrain features.
(b) He was killed by friendly fire.
(c) He died protecting a young Marine's life.
(d) He was killed by a Japanese sniper.

14. Where is Peleliu?
(a) In Polynesia.
(b) On the mainland of Japan.
(c) A tiny island in the Palau group.
(d) A small group of islands off the coast of Korea.

15. Who does Sledge attribute his survival in combat to?
(a) His boot camp instructor.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His dead father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were most of Sledge's classmates transferred to after Boot Camp?

2. What caused the round that landed on a high-value target in Peleliu to not explode?

3. Why are there mountains of bodies and feces?

4. What does Sledge resent about the officers giving him orders during his non-combat time?

5. What day are the men scheduled to land on Okinawa?

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