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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People at home wait and pray that who does not knock on their door?
(a) Western Union.
(b) The Office of Military Personnel.
(c) A Priest.
(d) Military police.

2. What does RAF stand for?
(a) Royal Air Force.
(b) Royal Aeiral Force.
(c) Radar Aerial Freighter.
(d) Radar Air Freight.

3. "Potato masher" is the troops' name for what?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Mines.
(c) Mortars.
(d) Germans.

4. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six days.

5. By nightfall on D-Day, there are 25,000 men ashore at the cost of how many casualties?
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date that Eisenhower originally sets for D-Day?

2. How many minesweepers clear the Channel for the Allies?

3. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?

4. What would be the perfect, yet too obvious, landing site for the D-Day invasion?

5. Where do the Allies want the Germans to believe the D-Day invasion would be?

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