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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 was John's nickname?
(a) James.
(b) Super.
(c) Roocky.
(d) Doc.

2. When did John meet his wife?
(a) In high school.
(b) When he was in the third grade.
(c) In college.
(d) In boot camp.

3. What type of Japanese troops took the first shots at the Marines?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Grenadier.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Kamikazes.

4. How many Japanese were killed in Guadalcanal?
(a) 43,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 33,000.

5. What war did John Bradley's father participate in?
(a) WWII.
(b) Mexican War.
(c) Korean war.
(d) WWI.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harlon experience hand to hand combat?

2. What mountain was the flag raised on top of?

3. Who signed Harlon Block's enlistment papers?

4. What was John's father's career before WWII?

5. How long did the 5th Marine Division train for before being shipped to Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Marines create in March 1944?

2. What did Franklin do when he got word he was drafted?

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

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

5. What did Bradley always wonder?

6. What were the Japanese trained to look for in American soldiers during firefights?

7. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

8. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to become?

9. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

10. What was the "day that will live in infamy," according to "Chapter Three: America's War"?

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