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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 Japanese troops took the first shots at the Marines?
(a) Grenadier.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Kamikazes.
(d) Tanks.

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

3. Where did Ira Hayes train?
(a) A boot camp near Boston.
(b) A boot camp near Pasadena.
(c) A boot camp near San Diego.
(d) A boot camp near New York.

4. How many ships were part of the armada heading for Iwo Jima?
(a) 900.
(b) 700.
(c) 800.
(d) 500.

5. How long did the platoon take to reach the top of Mount Suribachi?
(a) 50 minutes.
(b) 80 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 160 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did John meet his wife?

2. What myth did the photograph of the flag create in the American people?

3. How many of Rosenthal's photographs were overexposed?

4. Where did the photographs taken by journalists go after being processed?

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

(see the answer key)

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