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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 Japanese artillery wipe out on the beach?

2. What was the name of the 5th Marine Division?

3. What was on Iwo Jima that made its capture imperative?

4. Who went to Iwo Jima with James Bradley and his siblings?

5. What was John Bradley's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How long had the battle of Iwo Jima raged, and how was the battle described?

3. What did Harlon's mother have a hard time forgiving?

4. What did the bulldozers on Iwo Jima do, and what was Bradley ordered to do?

5. What did Bradley and his brothers find after their father died?

6. What were the Japanese trained to look for in American soldiers during firefights?

7. What was "Doc" remembered for?

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

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

10. What happened to Lucas on the second day in Iwo Jima?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that mothers played in the lives of the six flag raisers.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how James Bradley uses characterization to demonstrate the tension between boyhood and manhood.

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