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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 type of bombers were using the Iwo Jima air strips in 1945?

2. What was the barren ground of the mountain dotted with?

3. Who took the photograph of the second raising of the flag?

4. What was the name of the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb?

5. Who did Rene write to in February 1945 without mentioning the flag?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Easy Company do under the charge of Captain Severance?

3. What were the losses among the Marines on the first three days of Iwo Jima?

4. Who was Joe Rosenthal?

5. What did Rene reveal to the army after being identified as a flag raiser, and who threatened him?

6. What did President Truman do during the war bond drive?

7. What did the Easy Company face on the third day in "Chapter Nine: D Day Plus Two" and "Chapter Ten: D Day Plus Three"?

8. After he died, what did Jack's children learn about his emotional state following the war?

9. What did Jack Bradley do when he returned home in "Chapter Fourteen: Antigo" and "Chapter Fifteen: Coming Home"?

10. What was the process like for processing film according to "Chapter 12: Myths"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the role of rhetorical questions and how they are used by James Bradley.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the theme of individual verses country as described in Flags of Our Fathers.

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