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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 continued to follow the lives of the three remaining flag raisers?

2. What did the AP do with Rosenthal's photograph?

3. Who decided which photographs were good enough to be published?

4. What part of the Iwo Jima mountain did Easy Company go to in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?

5. How many casualties did the army estimate would be produced by a conventional invasion of Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

2. Which of the flag raisers that survived the war were interred at Arlington?

3. What was the biggest myth created by the flag raising photo?

4. What never happened again after the ceremony for the unveiling of the Arlington statue?

5. What happened to Ira in December 1954?

6. What did the American commander not have any choice in after waiting for tanks to cover his troops?

7. What was unveiled in 1954 according to "Chapter Eighteen: Movies and Monuments" and "Chapter Nineteen: Casualties of War"?

8. What did Ira complain about while participating in the war bond drive?

9. What could the Marines sometimes hear during battle on Iwo Jima?

10. What message did the Potsdam Declaration send to Japan?

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

Explain why the soldiers were used to promote the war and determine the reason as well as whether it was exploitative.

Essay Topic 3

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

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