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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went to Iwo Jima with James Bradley and his siblings?

2. Who did the Japanese fight to death for?

3. What portion of the American soldiers fighting on Iwo Jima ultimately died or were wounded?

4. What was John's nickname?

5. How long of a journey did the 5th Marine Division complete to reach Island X?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

2. What did Jack think when he decided to join the Navy, and what did he not know?

3. How was Mike Strank known according to "Chapter 4: Call of Duty"?

4. Where did James Bradley, the author, travel and why according to "Chapter One: Sacred Ground"?

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

6. How long had the battle of Iwo Jima raged, and how was the battle described?

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

8. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

9. What was Japan's strategy in attacking the U.S. in Pearl Harbor?

10. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the training of the Japanese and how their planning affected American military operations.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Bradley's use of foreshadowing and other literary techniques, such as the use of short sentences in Flags of Our Fathers.

Essay Topic 3

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

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