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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. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to look for and target?

2. When did John and his parents move from Texas to Appleton, WI?

3. What were the Japanese building at Guadalcanal?

4. How many Marines were assigned to fighting toward the north of Iwo Jima?

5. What tradition did the Japanese forces follow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did American leaders not know about the Japanese soldiers on Iwo Jima before they landed on the island?

4. What did the bulldozers on Iwo Jima do, and what was Bradley ordered to do?

5. What did the armada heading for Iwo Jima consist of according to "Chapter Six: Armada"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the post-war focus on the soldiers and how they handled the reality of war differently.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why Pearl Harbor was known as the "day that will live in infamy," and the meaning of this statement.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of the media in World War II and how the media led to false beliefs being perpetuated about the end of the war.

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