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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12 how many Germans did Pvt. James R. Hendrix get to surrender?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

2. In Chapter 6, how many enemy infantry divisions had Col. Koch discovered have been moved to an area near the Ardennes Forest?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

3. In Chapter 7, what time was the order given to begin firing for Operation Watch?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

4. How many hours into the battle for Fort Driant did Private Holmlund find himself standing atop Fort Driant?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 2.5 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

5. What was the date at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) January 21, 1946.
(b) December 11, 1945.
(c) December 21, 1945.
(d) January 3, 1946.

6. In Chapter 10, how far was Hitler from the place where Patton prayed?
(a) 178 miles.
(b) 205 miles.
(c) 165 miles.
(d) 189 miles.

7. In Chapter 8, when did Patton say that he could attack with three divisions?
(a) December 21.
(b) December 23.
(c) December 20.
(d) December 22.

8. At the end of Chapter 5, what was the operation that Hitler was planning?
(a) Magpie.
(b) Seagull.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Watch.

9. What language did Roosevelt speak fluently?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Spanish.

10. December 24, 1944, how many days did Hitler have to live?
(a) 127 days.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 110 days.

11. In the Prologue, how long had Patton and Beatrice been married?
(a) 42 years.
(b) 37 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 40 years.

12. How did Field Marshal Rommel die?
(a) Suicide pill.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Shot.
(d) Hanged.

13. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?
(a) Dintel.
(b) Lesse.
(c) Voer.
(d) Meuse.

14. In Chapter 4, who was the ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya's lover?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Malenkov.

15. In Chapter 4, how long ago did the Germans attack the Russians?
(a) One and a half years.
(b) Five years.
(c) About two years.
(d) More than three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, how many American soldiers are murdered by Hitler's elite bodyguards?

2. How old was Roosevelt when he contracted polio?

3. In Chapter 11, how old was Stalin's daughter, Svetlana?

4. Where was Stalin on Christmas day in 1944?

5. In Chapter 1, how far behind the front was Patton's headquarters?

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