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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eisenhower want to use behind enemies lines attacking targets in France during D-Day?
(a) Bombers.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Fighter jets.
(d) Snipers.

2. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Africa.
(d) France.

3. How many days after D-Day does Germany's premier tank division arrive at the French coast?
(a) 3.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

4. What is the name of the command group in charge of planning D-Day?
(a) CCS.
(b) DUKW.
(c) COSSAC.
(d) SHAEF.

5. Which American commander stands up and symbolically throws the thick book of D-Day plans over his shoulder?
(a) Col. Van Fleet.
(b) Capt. Miller.
(c) Brig. General Cota.
(d) Col. Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?

2. What is the Allies' best source for information about the Atlantic Wall?

3. What day are the two soldiers sent to the French coast to get secret soil samples by the Allies?

4. What is H-Hour scheduled to be on D-Day?

5. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?

(see the answer key)

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