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

2. What did the Marines use in conjunction with grenades to destroy Japanese underground structures?

3. Why was Rene ordered to keep quiet that it was Harlon Block and not Hansen that was in the photo?

4. What did John Bradley buy after returning to the U.S?

5. Who did news from Iwo Jima steal the headlines from in the U.S?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did the Wall Street broker-dealer organization announce during the war bond drive?

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

8. Who was Joe Rosenthal?

9. What did reporters know about the flag raising?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the Easy Company and its responsibilities.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Tawara.

Essay Topic 3

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

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