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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 did Ira died from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Gun shot wound.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cold and alcohol poisoning.

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

3. Where did the Blocks move after the death of their son?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Loma Linda.
(c) New York.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. Where was Mike buried?
(a) Arlington.
(b) His home town.
(c) Iwo Jima.
(d) Washington.

5. Who made the sculpture based on the Rosenthal image?
(a) Anthony Boineau.
(b) Robert Richerson.
(c) Felix de Weldon.
(d) Makus Rosenberg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when Mike led a small group of Marines in rugged terrain?

3. What movie were Ira, John, and Rene asked to appear in?

4. When was Ira discharged from the Marines?

5. What did Ira do because of the media frenzy surrounding him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did many people who watched the raising of the flag mistakenly assume?

2. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

3. Who did the image of the flag steal the headlines from back home?

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

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

6. Which of the flag raisers that survived the war were interred at Arlington?

7. What did Ira complain about while participating in the war bond drive?

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

9. Who was Joe Rosenthal?

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

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