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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 Marines died in "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two" on Iwo Jima?

2. Who was the star of the movie Ira, John, and Rene appeared in?

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

4. How much of Easy Company's forces were lost on "Chapter Nine: D-Day Plus Two"?

5. Who continued to follow the lives of the three remaining flag raisers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Colonel Johnson order on day five of the Iwo Jima invasion, according to "Chapter Eleven: The Flags"?

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

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

5. What happened when Mike and others dove into a foxhole in "Chapter Thirteen: We Gave Our Today"?

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

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

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

9. What did Harlon Block's letter home a few days after the raising of the flag say?

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

Discuss how the men who survive can also be considered casualties of war.

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 meaning and significance of the bronze statue's inscription, "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue."

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