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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pegasus Bridge is on which river?
(a) Seine.
(b) Vire.
(c) Orne.
(d) Dives.

2. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Oil.
(b) Sand.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Peat fields.

3. Many of the German divisions are waiting on orders from whom?
(a) Dollmann.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Rundstedt.
(d) Rommel.

4. What is the landing site the Allies choose for the D-Day invasion?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Calvados.
(c) Pas-de-Calais.
(d) Le Harve.

5. Where is the most extensive Assault Training Center?
(a) Sandhurst.
(b) West Point.
(c) Slapton Sands.
(d) Woolacombe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?

2. How long is the flight over England and the Channel for the paratroopers?

3. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?

4. Where does Eisenhower give an impromptu graduation address in the spring of 1944?

5. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?

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