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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for the Marines to clear the volcano according to "Chapter Eleven: The Flags"?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 4 days.

2. When did John Bradley write to his parents about his helping raising the flag?
(a) February 26, 1944.
(b) January 26, 1945.
(c) February 26, 1945.
(d) February 6, 1945.

3. What magazine did Louis Lowery photograph for?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Lost Angel Democrat.
(c) The Portland Sun.
(d) Leatherneck Magazine.

4. Where was Rosenthal's film sent according to "Chapter Twelve: Myths"?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Australia.
(c) New York.
(d) Guam.

5. How many casualties did the army estimate would be produced by a conventional invasion of Japan?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 3 million.

6. What happened to Martha Strank in the couple of months following her learning about her son's death?
(a) She died.
(b) Her hair turned white.
(c) They became mad.
(d) She left the country.

7. What unit did Easy Company rejoin on March 1, 1945 according to "Chapter Thirteen: We Gave Our Today"?
(a) The 8th Marine Division.
(b) The 30th Marine Division.
(c) The 28th Marine Division.
(d) The 18th Marine Division.

8. Who continued to follow the lives of the three remaining flag raisers?
(a) Their family.
(b) The army.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The press.

9. What was the barren ground of the mountain dotted with?
(a) Crashed planes.
(b) Japanese tanks.
(c) Japanese firing ports.
(d) Land mines.

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

11. Whose fame was immediate after the picture of the flag ran in the newspaper?
(a) Rosenthal's.
(b) John Bradley.
(c) The Marine Corp.
(d) The Los Angeles Time.

12. What prize did Rosenthal win?
(a) The Anson Prize.
(b) The Nobel.
(c) The Greedy prize.
(d) The Pulitzer.

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

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

15. When was the last time Ira, John, and Rene saw each other?
(a) When they met President Truman.
(b) When Ira was sick in 1963.
(c) At the statue unveiling.
(d) When they made the movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only man first identified in the Rosenthal photo?

2. What type of bombers were using the Iwo Jima air strips in 1945?

3. What part of John Bradley was on the picture run in the newspaper?

4. How much money did the war bond drive need to raise?

5. How many of the 150 Japanese that tried to escape to the north made it through American fire?

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