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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. When was the American flag raised on Iwo Jima?

2. How many men raised the American flag in Iwo Jima?

3. When did John and his parents move from Texas to Appleton, WI?

4. Where did Harlon Block live before WWII?

5. What mountain was the flag raised on top of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

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

5. What did Mike try to do during training for Rene in 1944?

6. What did Bradley always wonder?

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

8. What did Franklin do when he got word he was drafted?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the training of the Japanese and how their planning affected American military operations.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between duty and patriotism.

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