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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Sixteen: The Bond Tour and Chapter Seventeen: A Conflict of Honor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bombers were using the Iwo Jima air strips in 1945?
(a) B-29.
(b) B-25.
(c) B-17.
(d) B-19.

2. What was the nickname given to Mount Suribachi?
(a) Large Rock.
(b) Hot Rocks.
(c) Black Rock.
(d) El Volcano.

3. How many marines landed on Iwo Jima by noon on D-Day?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 7,000.

4. Who did John Bradley think the real heroes were at Iwo Jima?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The ones that didn't make it home.
(c) The family of the fallen.
(d) The Air Force.

5. What mountain was the flag raised on top of?
(a) Simmus.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Hashimaru.
(d) Suribachi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James Bradley's father's given name?

2. Who picked up Rosenthal's picture at the AP office?

3. How was the Marine Ira saw when he landed on Iwo Jima killed?

4. What was John Bradley's mother's name?

5. How many Marines were assigned to fighting toward the north of Iwo Jima?

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