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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. Who fired the Piat weapon?
(a) Brotheridge.
(b) Howard.
(c) Poett.
(d) Thornton.

2. What was lost during the paratroop drop on June 6?
(a) The communications equipment.
(b) Their water.
(c) Their light ammunition.
(d) Their anti-tank guns.

3. What was Von Luck waiting for to counterattack with the full force of the 21st Panzer?
(a) Permission to do so.
(b) Daylight.
(c) To have an accurate picture of what was going on.
(d) To finish his breakfast.

4. What did the German resistance force the British troops to do in the weeks following the invasion of Europe?
(a) Choose another route to Germany.
(b) Go in defensive mode.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Attack harder.

5. What happened on the bridges at 1000 hours on June 6th?
(a) A German private surrender.
(b) Gardner was shot and killed.
(c) A German fighter dropped a bomb.
(d) The 21st Panzer counter attack?

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Georges Gondree dig up from his garden?

2. Where was Howard traveling when he had his car accident?

3. Who attacked Company D as they moved toward Escoville?

4. Who held the bridges on June 6th?

5. Where did Von Luck Panzer move toward on June 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did General Gale do after he arrived at 0900 hours?

2. What happened to the Panzers as they began to move from Caen in Chapter 8, D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours?

3. What happened to Howard after his leave, according to Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?

4. What happened to the Germans found not sleeping in tunnels?

5. Why were Howard's platoons repositioned?

6. Why was the Pegasus Bridge eventually replaced according to Ambrose?

7. Who was the first Allied soldier to be killed on D-Day?

8. What did von Luck want to do according to Chapter 6?

9. What happened when the Warwickshire Regiment arrived?

10. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed, according to Ambrose?

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