Flags of Our Fathers Quizzes

Flags of Our Fathers Quiz 1

1 Whose mother is named Belle?
James

Ira

Rene

Harlon
2 Who is General Charles Krulak?
The man who takes down the original flag at the top of Mount Suribachi

The Commander of Easy Company

The Commandant of the Marine Corps who takes the Bradley family to Iwo Jima

The leader of the Japanese army on Iwo Jima
3 Which flag raiser is from Hilltop, Kentucky?
John Bradley

Franklin Sousley

Harlon Block

Rene Gagnon
4 Which flag raiser was not born in the United States?
Mike Strank

Harlon Block

Franklin Sousley

Ira Hayes
5 What type of Indian is Ira Hayes?
Chickasaw

Pima

Sioux

Cherokee
6 Who is nicknamed "Cabbage?"
Ira Hayes

Ralph Ignatowski

John Bradley

James J. Bradley
7 Why does Kathryn Bradley cling to her son, John?
Because his little sister, Mary Ellen, is killed

Because he is the only child she ever had

Because she divorces his father

Because he is sickly
8 Who is Franklin Sousley's girlfriend?
Betty Van Gorp

Marion Hamm

Kathryn Bradley

Pauline Harnois
9 What religion is Belle Block?
Seventh-Day Adventist

Jewish

Methodist

Catholic
10 What sport does Harlon Block play in high school?
Basketball

Squash

Football

Soccer
11 What does Rene's mother, Irene, do for work?
She is a mill worker

She is a teacher

She is a nurse

She is a cook
12 What country do Mike Strank's parents emigrate from?
Argentina

Germany

Czechoslovakia

Mexio
13 What country's Army has Japan's Imperial Army NOT defeated in 1942?
China

Germany

Britain

America
14 What is Bushido?
A type of maniacal running attack

The "Way of the Warrior"

Suicide bombers

Japanese soldiers
15 How does Tex Stanton get into the Marines?
He fakes his urine sample

He gains weight rapidly

He cheats on the eye exam

He lies about his age
16 Which flag raiser enlisted before American entered World War II?
Mike Strank

John Bradley

Rene Gagnon

Ira Hayes
17 Who does NOT fight at Bougainville?
Ira Hayes

John Bradley

Harlon Block

Mike Strank
18 Which flag raiser is enlisted in the Navy, not the Marines?
Harlon Block

Franklin Sousley

Ira Hayes

Jack Bradley
19 Who predicts that they will die in battle?
Mike and Franklin

Just Harlon

Just Franklin

Mike and Harlon
20 What is Tarawa?
A city near Tokyo

A hospital for injured veterans

A tiny island in the Central Pacific

A training camp for Marines
21 Where is Camp Pendleton?
Near Washington, D.C.

On Tarawa

Between Los Angeles and San Diego

On Iwo Jima
22 Who is in charge of Easy Company?
Boots Thomas

John Bradley

Dave Severance

Belle Block
23 Who is nicknamed "The Horse?"
Ralph Ignatowski

Captain Dave Severance

Colonel Harry Liversedge

President Roosevelt
24 How many battles does "Spearhead" fight?
Only one

Five

One hundred

Ten
25 Who becomes Doc Bradley's buddy at Camp Pendleton?
Ralph Ignatowski

Ira Hayes

Dave Severance

Tex Stanton

How did Strank's men view his leadership in the book?

Strank was described by those who served with him as "a Marine's Marine." He was viewed with honor and respect.

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Flags of Our Fathers

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