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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. How many Japanese were able to flee Guadalcanal?

2. How old was Harlon Block when he joined the Marines?

3. Where is Pearl Harbor located?

4. How long did the 5th Marine Division train for before being shipped to Hawaii?

5. What was John's mother's religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mike try to do during training for Rene in 1944?

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

4. What was General Kuribayashi determined to cause during the Iwo Jima battle?

5. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

6. What did Bradley always wonder?

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

8. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to become?

9. What did Bradley and his brothers find after their father died?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the qualities of a hero. Why did John Bradley never considered himself to be a hero?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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