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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The paratroopers gain a fearsome appearance with what?
(a) Mohawks.
(b) War paint.
(c) Piercings.
(d) Tattoos.

2. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?
(a) M-626s.
(b) C-47 "Dakotas".
(c) F-150s.
(d) C-37 "Devils".

3. What are the troops given to communicate with each other once they are on the ground?
(a) Toy crickets.
(b) Flares.
(c) Radios.
(d) Whistles.

4. Utah Beach is the code name for what part of the French coast?
(a) Pas-de-Calais.
(b) Calvados.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Cotentin.

5. What does AEF stand for?
(a) American Expenditure Force.
(b) Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) Allied Executive Force.
(d) American Executive Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose have framed on the wall of his office?

2. What do Allied troops use to keep water out of their riffles during the invasion?

3. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?

4. What are the panzer units in the German army?

5. Rommel thinks the D-Day invasion would come when?

(see the answer key)

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