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

2. 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.

3. What ship was destroyed by Kamikazes in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" ?
(a) USS Arizona.
(b) USS Arabia.
(c) USS Bismark.
(d) USS Memphis.

4. Who did news from Iwo Jima steal the headlines from in the U.S?
(a) Patton and Roosevelt.
(b) Europe.
(c) Truman.
(d) Stalin.

5. How many American soldiers died on Iwo Jima by March 3, 1945?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the Iwo Jima mountain did Easy Company go to in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?

2. Who did Ira, John, and Rene meet in Washington?

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

4. Who was the star of the movie Ira, John, and Rene appeared in?

5. What job did Rene hold in 1979?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rene reveal to the army after being identified as a flag raiser, and who threatened him?

2. What were the losses among the Marines on the first three days of Iwo Jima?

3. How was the war chest described at the start of "Chapter Sixteen: The Bond Tour" and "Chapter Seventeen: A Conflict of Honor"?

4. After he died, what did Jack's children learn about his emotional state following the war?

5. What did Harlon Block's letter home a few days after the raising of the flag say?

6. What did President Truman do during the war bond drive?

7. What happened when Mike and others dove into a foxhole in "Chapter Thirteen: We Gave Our Today"?

8. Who was Joe Rosenthal?

9. What did the Easy Company do under the charge of Captain Severance?

10. What message did the Potsdam Declaration send to Japan?

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