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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the star of the movie Ira, John, and Rene appeared in?
(a) Charlton Heston
(b) John Wayne.
(c) James Dean.
(d) Cary Grant.

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

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

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

5. How much money did the war bond drive need to raise?
(a) 14 billion dollars.
(b) 16 billion dollars
(c) 23 billion dollars
(d) 9 billion dollars

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

7. Who took over Mike's unit after his death?
(a) Erik Smithen.
(b) Arthur Smith.
(c) Harlon Block.
(d) John Dradley.

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

9. 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.

10. How much money did the Wall Street broker-dealer organization give to the war bond drive?
(a) 2 billion dollars.
(b) 3 billion dollars.
(c) 1 billion dollars.
(d) 4 billion dollars.

11. When was Ira discharged from the Marines?
(a) December 1946.
(b) January 1945.
(c) December 1945.
(d) December 1944.

12. Who did John Bradley think the real heroes were at Iwo Jima?
(a) The ones that didn't make it home.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The family of the fallen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Marines use in conjunction with grenades to destroy Japanese underground structures?

2. Who Lieutenant did John Bradley care for on Iwo Jima?

3. Who gave the larger American flag to the brig at the top of Mount Suribachi?

4. What did Ira died from?

5. What did Mike's unit member think killed Mike?

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