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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. Inspired by the quality of the food during the Torch voyage, the 13th Armored Regiment suggested changing their battle cry to what?
(a) "Baaa!"
(b) "Salt!"
(c) "For rations!"
(d) "Soup!"

2. What was the plan for integrating U.S. units into British lead military organizations?
(a) No plan existed.
(b) Select troops were permanently assigned.
(c) New U.S. troops were sent to England for specialist training.
(d) Units would be on a four week rotation.

3. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?
(a) Simple marble markers.
(b) Several granite obelisks.
(c) One large marble tomb.
(d) Catacombs.

4. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?
(a) Arzew.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Oran.
(d) Tangiers.

5. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Detente.
(b) Military autonomy.
(c) Unconditional surrender.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

Short Answer Questions

1. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

2. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:

3. What rouse did the French employ when repairing the gun turret on the Jean Bart?

4. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?

5. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the term Anglo-American.

2. Describe the American military cemetery at Carthage, Tunisia.

3. Allied ground troops were skeptical of the Allied air force's ability to discriminate between them and the Germans. What incident does the author use to illustrate this mistrust?

4. Even after the attack on Pearl Harbor, why did Roosevelt believe 'Germany First' was the proper strategy?

5. What caused the airplanes in Operation VILLAIN to miss their targets?

6. What considerations did Terry Allen cite in bypassing St. Cloud?

7. What was the motto of the Big Red One?

8. What was the reasoning behind the American request that almost no British troops take part in the initial TORCH landings?

9. What was the building the Allies referred to as the Kasbah?

10. What particular naval skill in Hewitt know for?

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