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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ira do because of the media frenzy surrounding him?
(a) Smoke.
(b) He faked his death.
(c) He became a hermit.
(d) Drink.

2. What part of the Iwo Jima mountain did Easy Company go to in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?
(a) The south side.
(b) The southwest side.
(c) The northeastern side.
(d) The eastern side.

3. How much of Easy Company's forces were lost on "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?
(a) 65%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

4. Who picked up Rosenthal's picture at the AP office?
(a) The New York Time editor.
(b) Joe Ro0serberg.
(c) F.D Roosevelt.
(d) John Bodkin.

5. Who made the sculpture based on the Rosenthal image?
(a) Robert Richerson.
(b) Felix de Weldon.
(c) Anthony Boineau.
(d) Makus Rosenberg.

6. Where was Ira buried?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Arlington.
(c) Iwo Jima.
(d) His reservation.

7. How many of the 150 Japanese that tried to escape to the north made it through American fire?
(a) 32.
(b) 25.
(c) 12.
(d) 119.

8. Who did Rene write to in February 1945 without mentioning the flag?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Pauline.

9. When was de Weldon's statue unveiled at Arlington?
(a) Late 1964.
(b) Late 1958.
(c) Late 1952.
(d) Late 1954.

10. What did the commander expected would arrive to support his troops on Iwo Jima?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Planes.
(c) Artillery.
(d) Bulldozers.

11. When was Iwo Jima declared conquered by Admiral Nimitz?
(a) March 14, 1947.
(b) March 23, 1945.
(c) January 14, 1945.
(d) March 14, 1945.

12. What did the AP editor say when he chose Rosenthal's picture?
(a) "This is the one."
(b) "Here's one for all time."
(c) "Here's the best."
(d) "Here's one for the press."

13. How were Belle and Ed Block notified of their son's death?
(a) By mail.
(b) By telegram.
(c) By sending an officer.
(d) By phone.

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

15. What did Rene do after returning to the U.S according to "Chapter Eighteen: Movies and Monuments"?
(a) Worked at a bank.
(b) Worked at the mill.
(c) Bought a funeral home.
(d) Purchased a store.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many casualties did the army estimate would be produced by a conventional invasion of Japan?

2. Where did the Blocks move after the death of their son?

3. How much money did the Wall Street broker-dealer organization give to the war bond drive?

4. What happened to Lt. Severance in March 1945?

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

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