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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the superstition that many Marines have about the third campaign?
(a) The third time will drive you insane.
(b) No one survives three campaigns of combat.
(c) You will never retire from the military after three combat campaigns.
(d) You are so experienced by the third campaign that you are unstoppable.

2. What do the Japanese use for their counterattack after the third US attack in Okinawa?
(a) Banzai attack units.
(b) Kamikaze planes.
(c) Amphibious vehicles.
(d) 60mm Mortars.

3. What does Mac shout when he approaches holed up enemies after battles?
(a) Japanese phrases such as "I will not harm you!"
(b) "You are weak! You are mine! You will die!"
(c) Horrible obscenities.
(d) "Bow to America or die!"

4. Who was the highest-ranking American officer killed during World War II?
(a) General Simon Bolivar Buckner.
(b) Colonel Stanley Benson Bolter.
(c) General Scott Brian Buckner.
(d) Admiral Samuel Benjamin Brinter.

5. Who dies in mid-April that causes little concern to the troops at Okinawa?
(a) Mac.
(b) The Japanese Emoprer.
(c) Doc.
(d) President Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sledge doing when he was pinned down by a lone Japanese sniper?

2. How do the veterans support each other after days of combat in the rain on Okinawa?

3. What does Mac shoot at to pass the time while waiting for the enemy to arrive at Okinawa?

4. What does Sledge do with his socks when he finally removes his boots for the first time in two weeks?

5. Who does Sledge administer first aid to on the front lines at Okinawa and then carry back to the camp fearing he will die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shadow reprimand one of Sledge's friends for doing while fighting on Okinawa?

2. Why were two marines fighting over a silly range card, when most cards got thrown away?

3. Why are so many marines unable to continue fighting during the rainstorms on Okinawa?

4. What is different about the soil in Peleliu and Okinawa?

5. Why are the weapons rusting so badly while on Okinawa?

6. How does Sledge describe the 320mm spigot-mortar?

7. How do Sledge and his platoon take the news of Nease's death?

8. What happened to Shelton when he killed an infiltrator in Peleliu?

9. What does Sledge credit his survival in combat to?

10. How do Sledge and his platoon feel about Shadow?

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