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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty: Common Virtue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did news from Iwo Jima steal the headlines from in the U.S?
(a) Truman.
(b) Patton and Roosevelt.
(c) Europe.
(d) Stalin.

2. What myth did the photograph of the flag create in the American people?
(a) Japan was ready to surrender.
(b) The Air Force won alone.
(c) The battle for Iwo Jima was easy.
(d) That the battle for Iwo Jima was over.

3. Why did John refuse to go to the reunions?
(a) Because they were too far away.
(b) Because his family could not come.
(c) Because he would get unwanted attention.
(d) Because the press was not there.

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

5. How many soldiers were unaccounted for on "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?
(a) 560.
(b) 926.
(c) 329.
(d) 765.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did John discover while at church?

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

3. How long did it take for John Bradley to stop crying at night after returning from Iwo Jima?

4. How many men were to participate to the landing on Iwo Jima?

5. How many Japanese were killed in Guadalcanal?

(see the answer key)

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