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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What portion of the American soldiers fighting on Iwo Jima ultimately died or were wounded?
(a) 80%.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

2. When did Mike's unit land on Bougainville?
(a) November 19, 1943.
(b) November 1, 1943.
(c) January 1, 1943.
(d) November 1, 1944.

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

4. What did hundred of thousands of young Americans do after hearing Roosevelt's speech?
(a) They fled to Canada.
(b) They overwhelmed the enlistment centers.
(c) They burned Japanese electronics.
(d) They attacked the Japanese embassy.

5. What were the Japanese building at Guadalcanal?
(a) A radio station.
(b) An air strip.
(c) A submarine base.
(d) A training camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the beaches of Iwo Jima?

2. When did the invasion forces land on Iwo Jima according to "Chapter Seven: D Day" and "Chapter Eight: D Day Plus One"?

3. How old was Harlon Block when he joined the Marines?

4. Where did Ira Hayes train?

5. How many Marines were killed on D-Day on Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Allied forces know they needed to do after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

2. What did Mike try to do during training for Rene in 1944?

3. What did American leaders not know about the Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima before they landed on the island?

4. What happened to Lucas on the second day in Iwo Jima?

5. What did the armada heading for Iwo Jima consist of according to "Chapter Six: Armada"?

6. What did the boys know about the meaning of Iwo Jima?

7. What did Kathryn, James's mother, always rely on according to "Chapter Two: All-American Boys"?

8. What did the Marines create in March 1944?

9. How long had the battle of Iwo Jima raged, and how was the battle described?

10. How was Mike Strank known according to "Chapter 4: Call of Duty"?

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