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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sledge stationed?

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

3. What is so impressive to Sledge about Haldane?

4. What does Nease do to make their New Year's at the non-combat zone more festive?

5. What does a clear distinct voice tell Sledge while he is sitting with a group of buddies on Peleliu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Doherty's main focus while training Sledge and his classmates in boot camp?

2. How does Sledge feel about Haldane?

3. What do the new marines in infantry training do when they meet some real veterans of war?

4. What does Caswell ask Sledge to not do even though many other soldiers are doing it?

5. How does Sledge feel about life on Pavuvu?

6. Why is Sledge so nervous when he ships out from Guadalcanal?

7. What was the controversial debate about the fighting in Peleliu?

8. How does Sledge feel about his infantry training after boot camp?

9. Why was the President Polk such an uncomfortable ship?

10. Why does Sledge's boot camp instructor make his team march on the sand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Sledge change throughout the story? What were his thoughts at the beginning as compared to the end? What specific experiences during the war had profound impacts on him? Did he change for the better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sledge has many different leaders with different leadership styles. Who were some of his most influential leaders and how did those leaders effect Sledge's experience in the war?

Essay Topic 3

Sledge talks at length about the mental repercussions of his combat experiences. What are some of these? Where did they come from? How do you think these things will affect Sledge after the war is over?

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