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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 was the Marine's secret weapon?
(a) Esprit de corps.
(b) Radar guided artillery.
(c) Automatic rifles.
(d) Jet planes.

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

3. Who introduced a bill for a monument to be built based on Rosenthal's image?
(a) Joseph Hendricks.
(b) Mark Emmerson.
(c) Ken Broakman.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

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

5. How much money did the war bond drive need to raise?
(a) 14 billion dollars.
(b) 23 billion dollars
(c) 9 billion dollars
(d) 16 billion dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers were unaccounted for on "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?

2. What happened after the flag was raised on top of Mount Suribachi?

3. How were Belle and Ed Block notified of their son's death?

4. How large was the unit sent to the top of mount Suribachi?

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

(see the answer key)

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