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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. Where did Harlon Block live before WWII?

2. How long did the bombing of Iwo Jima last before the invasion began?

3. Where did Harlon experience hand to hand combat?

4. Who came to confer with Generals of the 5th Marine Division while it was training?

5. What did Ira say in the first letter he wrote from Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

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

3. What did Harlon's mother have a hard time forgiving?

4. What was ironic about Company E according to "Chapter Five: Forging the Spearhead"?

5. What did the Allied forces know they needed to do after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

6. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

7. What did the volcanic ash create according to "Chapter Seven: D Day and Chapter 8"?

8. What did Franklin do when he got word he was drafted?

9. What happened to Lucas on the second day in Iwo Jima?

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

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

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the influence of religion on the young soldiers and their families in Flags of Our Fathers.

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