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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Harlon Block join the Marines with?
(a) His soccer team.
(b) His class.
(c) His football team.
(d) His brothers.

2. How long had Japan been at war with China as of 1941?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 12 years.

3. How long of a journey did the 5th Marine Division complete to reach Island X?
(a) 6,000 miles.
(b) 7,000 miles.
(c) 4,000 miles.
(d) 5,000 miles.

4. How many Marines were killed on D-Day on Iwo Jima?
(a) 698.
(b) 342.
(c) 566.
(d) 590.

5. When did Harlon Block ship for duty?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boat was E company on?

2. What war did John Bradley's father participate in?

3. What was James Bradley's father's given name?

4. Who signed Harlon Block's enlistment papers?

5. How many men raised the American flag in Iwo Jima?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

2. What was General Kuribayashi determined to cause during the Iwo Jima battle?

3. What did the Allied forces know they needed to do after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. What did Kathryn, James's mother, always rely on according to "Chapter Two: All-American Boys"?

5. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

6. What did Bradley and his brothers find after their father died?

7. What was Japan's strategy in attacking the U.S. in Pearl Harbor?

8. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

9. What did Jack think when he decided to join the Navy, and what did he not know?

10. What did the boys know about the meaning of Iwo Jima?

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