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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower give an impromptu graduation address in the spring of 1944?
(a) West Point.
(b) Sandhurst.
(c) Sorbonne.
(d) Slapton Sands.

2. What are the groups of paratroopers jumping from each plane called?
(a) Clicks.
(b) Sausages.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Sticks.

3. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?
(a) A tank.
(b) German headquarters.
(c) Polish POWs.
(d) A church.

4. How many men are sent with Sgt. Harrison Summers to capture the German barracks WXYZ?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

5. What is the Allies' best source for information about the Atlantic Wall?
(a) Postcards.
(b) French Resistance.
(c) Night flyovers.
(d) Submarine surveillance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eisenhower born?

2. What is Maj. John Howard's D Company known as?

3. What are the best tanks that the Germans produce called?

4. Who is Tetty, one of the best sub-agents, who is stealing oil from the Germans?

5. Where does Eisenhower go to college?

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