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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. How many Japanese were able to flee Guadalcanal?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 34,000.
(d) 13,000.

2. Where was Colonel Johnson when he issued the command to take the mountain the next morning?
(a) 2nd Battalion headquarters.
(b) 9th Battalion headquarters.
(c) 5th Battalion headquarters.
(d) 3rd Battalion headquarters.

3. What happened after the flag was raised on top of Mount Suribachi?
(a) Sniper fire started again.
(b) A plane crashed on the top of the mountain.
(c) The Japanese surrendered.
(d) The USS Arizona sunk.

4. What did John Bradley receive for his action on Iwo Jima?
(a) Silver Star.
(b) The Navy Cross.
(c) Air Medal.
(d) Legion of Merit.

5. When did Goldie finally receive news of her son's death?
(a) April 9, 1945.
(b) April 9, 1946
(c) March 9, 1945
(d) April 23, 1945

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took the photograph of the second raising of the flag?

2. When did John Bradley write to his parents about his helping raising the flag?

3. How long did the 5th Marine Division train for before being shipped to Hawaii?

4. What did the men use to raise the American flag on the top of mount Suribachi?

5. Who came to confer with Generals of the 5th Marine Division while it was training?

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