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

2. How much money did the Wall Street broker-dealer organization give to the war bond drive?
(a) 4 billion dollars.
(b) 1 billion dollars.
(c) 2 billion dollars.
(d) 3 billion dollars.

3. 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.

4. Who was the only man first identified in the Rosenthal photo?
(a) John.
(b) Ira.
(c) Rene.
(d) Mark.

5. How many of Rosenthal's photographs were overexposed?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Rene ordered to keep quiet that it was Harlon Block and not Hansen that was in the photo?

3. What did the AP do with Rosenthal's photograph?

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

5. How many Marines died in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

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

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

5. What could the Marines sometimes hear during battle on Iwo Jima?

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

7. What did Jack Bradley do when he returned home in "Chapter Fourteen: Antigo" and "Chapter Fifteen: Coming Home"?

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

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

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

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