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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. Whose letter about being in good health was sent to his parents after his death?

2. What did John Bradley receive for his action on Iwo Jima?

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

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

5. How many Japanese soldiers attacked John Bradley screaming "Banzai"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

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

5. What happened to Ira in December 1954?

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

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

8. What did March 25, 1945 mark?

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

10. How was the war chest described at the start of "Chapter Sixteen: The Bond Tour" and "Chapter Seventeen: A Conflict of Honor"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Bradley's use of foreshadowing and other literary techniques, such as the use of short sentences in Flags of Our Fathers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the training of the Japanese and how their planning affected American military operations.

Essay Topic 3

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

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