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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. On Iwo Jima on March 4, what was the objective?
(a) Hill 362.
(b) Hill 417.
(c) Hill 114.
(d) HIll 298.

2. How tall was Mount Suribachi above the ocean?
(a) 550 feet.
(b) 600 feet.
(c) 525 feet.
(d) 625 feet.

3. In Chapter 12, what was the second type of rifle that Ned and the others were issued?
(a) Winchester 1897.
(b) M-1.
(c) Winchester 1912.
(d) M1903.

4. How many men in the Japanese garrison on Saipan were wiped out?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 20,000.

5. When First Sergeant Frank Shinn asked for Navajo recruits, how old could recruits be?
(a) Between 21 and 40.
(b) Between 18 and 35.
(c) Between 17 and 32.
(d) Between 19 and 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who translated the Marine Corps Hymn into Navajo?

2. What did Ned always carry with him and used when he greeted the dawn?

3. How long did it take the Marines to secure Guadalcanal?

4. How many white men did Major Shannon try to have become code talkers?

5. When the Marines explored the deserted Japanese positions on Iwo Jima, how long did they estimate the drinking water and food the Japanese had could have lasted?

(see the answer key)

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