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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. When was the 5th Marine Division scheduled to be activated?

2. What was the nickname given to Mount Suribachi?

3. Who signed Harlon Block's enlistment papers?

4. What was the 5th Marine Division's first stop after Camp Tawara according to "Armada"?

5. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to look for and target?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Lucas on the second day in Iwo Jima?

2. What did Bradley always wonder?

3. What were the Japanese trained to look for in American soldiers during firefights?

4. What was ironic about Company E according to "Chapter Five: Forging the Spearhead"?

5. What did the Marines create in March 1944?

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

7. What did Harlon's mother have a hard time forgiving?

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

9. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the soldiers were used to promote the war and determine the reason as well as whether it was exploitative.

Essay Topic 2

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Tawara.

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