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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. What movie were Ira, John, and Rene asked to appear in?

3. How many American soldiers died on Iwo Jima by March 3, 1945?

4. How many Marines died in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?

5. What did the commander expected would arrive to support his troops on Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wall Street broker-dealer organization announce during the war bond drive?

2. What was the process like for processing film according to "Chapter 12: Myths"?

3. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

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

5. What did Ira complain about while participating in the war bond drive?

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

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

8. What happened to Ira in December 1954?

9. What did many people who watched the raising of the flag mistakenly assume?

10. What could the Marines sometimes hear during battle on Iwo Jima?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Tawara.

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