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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. Whose letter about being in good health was sent to his parents after his death?

2. Whose fame was immediate after the picture of the flag ran in the newspaper?

3. Who ordered a platoon to be sent to the top of Mount Suribachi?

4. What job did Rene hold in 1979?

5. How many Japanese soldiers attacked John Bradley screaming "Banzai"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did President Truman do during the war bond drive?

2. What did the Easy Company face on the third day in "Chapter Nine: D Day Plus Two" and "Chapter Ten: D Day Plus Three"?

3. Which of the flag raisers that survived the war were interred at Arlington?

4. What did Harlon Block's letter home a few days after the raising of the flag say?

5. Who was Joe Rosenthal?

6. What happened when Mike and others dove into a foxhole in "Chapter Thirteen: We Gave Our Today"?

7. What did Jack Bradley do when he returned home in "Chapter Fourteen: Antigo" and "Chapter Fifteen: Coming Home"?

8. Why was Rosenthal disappointed after taking a picture of the raising of the flag?

9. What did March 25, 1945 mark?

10. What did Rene reveal to the army after being identified as a flag raiser, and who threatened him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain the meaning and significance of the bronze statue's inscription, "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the men who survive can also be considered casualties of war.

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