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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen: Antigo and Chapter Fifteen: Coming Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only man first identified in the Rosenthal photo?
(a) Mark.
(b) John.
(c) Ira.
(d) Rene.

2. What was Ira Hayes's nickname in the Corps?
(a) Laughing Easy.
(b) Mike.
(c) Flying Horseman.
(d) Chief Falling Cloud.

3. How many of the 150 Japanese that tried to escape to the north made it through American fire?
(a) 119.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

4. Who did Harlon Block join the Marines with?
(a) His football team.
(b) His class.
(c) His soccer team.
(d) His brothers.

5. Where did Harlon experience hand to hand combat?
(a) Death Canyon.
(b) Hellzapoppin' Ridge.
(c) Death Gorge.
(d) Hellhole Ridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the Iwo Jima mountain did Easy Company go to in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?

2. Who did Ira, John, and Rene meet in Washington?

3. When did Goldie finally receive news of her son's death?

4. Who was the only of the six flag raiser to have enlisted before Pearl Harbor according to Chapter 4 "Call of Duty"?

5. Why was Rene ordered to keep quiet that it was Harlon Block and not Hansen that was in the photo?

(see the answer key)

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