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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. What does Lieutenant Stanley collapse from after the fighting at Okinawa?
2. What was the Japanese prisoner wearing who tried to block the way as Sledge's company headed away from Shuri?
3. What is the one word that Sledge uses to describe Shadow?
4. Why is chapter 9 titled "Stay of Execution"?
5. What surprising news does Sledge hear about the man he administered first aid to a few weeks after the matter?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sledge feel about his duty to police Okinawa after the area has been secured?
2. Why are Sledge and his platoon not deeply affected by Franklin Roosevelt's death?
3. Why are so many marines unable to continue fighting during the rainstorms on Okinawa?
4. Why are Sledge and the other men forced to do a manual re-supply when it begins to rain on Okinawa?
5. What happens just as Sledge is looking at the picture of Kathy's chorus girl?
6. What is the condition of Sledge's feet when he takes his socks off after two weeks of not ever taking them off?
7. What did Sledge do for the woman in the abandoned hut instead of what she wanted him to do?
8. What does Sledge think will happen to Caswell when Sledge has to administer first-aid to his serious wounds and carry him back to base?
9. What is covering nearly every surface while sledge is stationed at Half Moon Hill?
10. What does Sledge credit his survival in combat to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sledge ensure that he will be able to join a combat unit before the fighting ends? How does he feel about this decision at the beginning of the book? Do you think his opinion of this changed throughout the book? 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
How did Sledge feel about his training? Was he grateful for it? Why or why not?
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