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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. Who went to Iwo Jima with James Bradley and his siblings?

2. Who did John Bradley first treat on Iwo Jima?

3. What profession did John discover while at church?

4. What was John's mother's religion?

5. How many men raised the flag according to "Chapter Two: All American Boys"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How long had the battle of Iwo Jima raged, and how was the battle described?

3. What would the training at Camp Tawara involve?

4. Where did James Bradley, the author, travel and why according to "Chapter One: Sacred Ground"?

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

6. What did the Battle of Tarawa foreshadow?

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

8. What did the Marines create in March 1944?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine why our nation's heroes are immortalized.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the influence of religion on the young soldiers and their families in Flags of Our Fathers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how James Bradley uses characterization to demonstrate the tension between boyhood and manhood.

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