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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 false information was communicated to the Bradley's before their son came back home?
(a) He had been lot at sea.
(b) He had been captured.
(c) He died.
(d) He lost his leg.

2. When did Goldie finally receive news of her son's death?
(a) April 23, 1945
(b) March 9, 1945
(c) April 9, 1946
(d) April 9, 1945.

3. Whose fame was immediate after the picture of the flag ran in the newspaper?
(a) The Marine Corp.
(b) John Bradley.
(c) The Los Angeles Time.
(d) Rosenthal's.

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

5. Why was Rene ordered to keep quiet that it was Harlon Block and not Hansen that was in the photo?
(a) The publicity had already been created with Hansen's name.
(b) Harlon Block was not photogenic.
(c) Hansen's family threaten to sue.
(d) The army did not believe Rene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose letter about being in good health was sent to his parents after his death?

2. When was Ira discharged from the Marines?

3. What was the name of the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb?

4. Who did Rene write to in February 1945 without mentioning the flag?

5. How large was the unit sent to the top of mount Suribachi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the American commander not have any choice in after waiting for tanks to cover his troops?

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

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

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

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

6. What did March 25, 1945 mark?

7. Why was Rosenthal disappointed after taking a picture of the raising of the flag?

8. What was unveiled in 1954 according to "Chapter Eighteen: Movies and Monuments" and "Chapter Nineteen: Casualties of War"?

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

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

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