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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. What false information was communicated to the Bradley's before their son came back home?
(a) He had been captured.
(b) He died.
(c) He had been lot at sea.
(d) He lost his leg.

2. Who did John Bradley marry when he returned to the U.S according to "Chapter Fourteen: Antigo"?
(a) Roberta Von Gruber.
(b) Elizabeth Van Gorp.
(c) Sophie Markenson.
(d) Ruth Emmerson.

3. Who signed Harlon Block's enlistment papers?
(a) His brother.
(b) He faked his father's signature.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. Who did Ira, John, and Rene meet in Washington?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) President Truman.
(c) Admiral Nimitz.
(d) Roosevelt.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ship was destroyed by Kamikazes in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" ?

3. What was the barren ground of the mountain dotted with?

4. How old was Harlon Block when he joined the Marines?

5. What did John's father encourage him to do?

(see the answer key)

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