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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?
(a) Hydraulic engineer.
(b) American.
(c) Electrical engineer.
(d) General.

3. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) James Clark Wilson.
(b) Andrew Jackson Higgins.
(c) William Rockefeller.
(d) Henry Ransom Paulding.

4. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?
(a) Eureka Boats.
(b) Omaha Boats.
(c) Safety Boats.
(d) U Boats.

5. 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".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

2. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?

3. What river is a boundary between the German's Fifteenth and Seventh army divisions, providing an area of weakness for the Allies?

4. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?

5. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?

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