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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-Author's Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the general that Sam Begay and Bill McCabe were to report to when they were first sent to the Canal?
(a) General King.
(b) General Nimitz.
(c) General Spaatz.
(d) General Vandegrift.

2. In Chapter 25, how long were heavy bombs dropped on Iwo Jima before troops landed?
(a) 11 weeks.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 15 weeks.

3. In Chapter 1, how old is Ned when he is sent to boarding school?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. Who does Ned's uncle say made the final war against the Navajos?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Manuel Antonio Chaves.
(c) James H. Carleton.
(d) Col. Edwin Sumner.

5. When did the Marines begin withdrawing from Iwo Jima to head back to Guam?
(a) March 19.
(b) March 30.
(c) March 25.
(d) March 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ned and his division practice landing exercises in Chapter 15?

2. When did Japan surrender?

3. In Chapter 18, how long had it been since the Marine Corps was founded?

4. How far below the surface of Iwo Jima were the Japanese caves and tunnels?

5. When was landing day on Okinawa?

(see the answer key)

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