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

2. How many Japanese were killed in Guadalcanal?

3. When was the 5th Marine Division scheduled to be activated?

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

5. Who was commanding the Japanese forces on Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

4. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to become?

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

6. What did the Marines create in March 1944?

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

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

9. What was "Doc" remembered for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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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