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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 was on Iwo Jima that made its capture imperative?

2. When were the men of the 5th Marine Division told about their destination?

3. How many marines landed on Iwo Jima by noon on D-Day?

4. Who was in charge of the 1st Marine Division in 1941?

5. What was the Marine's secret weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Japanese soldiers trained to become?

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

3. What did the bulldozers on Iwo Jima do, and what was Bradley ordered to do?

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

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

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

7. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

8. What did Franklin do when he got word he was drafted?

9. What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

10. What did Bradley always wonder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the post-war focus on the soldiers and how they handled the reality of war differently.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Battle of Tawara.

Essay Topic 3

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

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