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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 did John's father encourage him to do?

2. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to look for and target?

3. What was the 5th Marine Division's first stop after Camp Tawara according to "Armada"?

4. Where is Pearl Harbor located?

5. When did Harlon Block ship for duty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

2. What was ironic about Company E according to "Chapter Five: Forging the Spearhead"?

3. What did Jack think when he decided to join the Navy, and what did he not know?

4. What was General Kuribayashi determined to cause during the Iwo Jima battle?

5. What did Kathryn, James's mother, always rely on according to "Chapter Two: All-American Boys"?

6. What did the volcanic ash create according to "Chapter Seven: D Day and Chapter 8"?

7. Where did James Bradley, the author, travel and why according to "Chapter One: Sacred Ground"?

8. What did American leaders not know about the Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima before they landed on the island?

9. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

10. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to become?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Japanese soldiers are characterized, and compare this with how American soldiers are characterized.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between duty and patriotism.

Essay Topic 3

Argue for or against the rationality of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as if you were part of the Japanese Imperial Navy.

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