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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. What poet does Ambrose quote on the last page of the book?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Frost.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Tennyson.

2. What has knocked out Jahnke's fortifications at Exit 2?
(a) Marauders.
(b) Flying Fortresses.
(c) Freedom Fighters.
(d) Liberators.

3. What does ECB stand for?
(a) Engineer Combat Battalions.
(b) Engineer Company Boats.
(c) Echo Company Battalions.
(d) Echo Combat Boats.

4. What are Sherman tanks also know as?
(a) EVDs.
(b) DDs.
(c) LCDs.
(d) Tigers.

5. Of the 2,400 tons of supplies scheduled to reach Omaha Beach, how much gets ashore?
(a) 100 tons.
(b) 1000 tons.
(c) 200 tons.
(d) 2000 tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most Americans get their news about the war?

2. Which beach do the Canadians take?

3. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?

4. Sgt. Harrison Summers became known as the _____ of World War II.

5. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Allies' mistakes during D-Day?

2. What is the story of Jacqueline Thornton on Sword Beach?

3. Why do the Rangers of the 116th A Company quickly lose their cockiness as they approach Omaha Beach?

4. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

5. What is the "best ally" the Allies had lost by dawn of D-Day?

6. How does Eisenhower describe his feelings to Walter Cronkite 20 years after the invasion?

7. How is Omaha Beach constituted to give advantage to the Germans?

8. How does Captain Rich assemble his plane after arriving on Omaha Beach?

9. What do Americans criticize the British for after the events of D-Day are analyzed?

10. How do the warships contribute to D-Day?

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