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

2. When did Harlon Block ship for duty?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

3. What was the barren ground of the mountain dotted with?
(a) Japanese firing ports.
(b) Japanese tanks.
(c) Crashed planes.
(d) Land mines.

4. How many Marines died in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?
(a) 429.
(b) 644.
(c) 291.
(d) 987.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who Lieutenant did John Bradley care for on Iwo Jima?

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

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

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

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