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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the perfect, yet too obvious, landing site for the D-Day invasion?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Pas-de-Calais.
(c) Le Harve.
(d) Calvados.

2. What are the troops given to communicate with each other once they are on the ground?
(a) Radios.
(b) Toy crickets.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Flares.

3. One soldier compared riding a LCT to all of the following EXCEPT for _____________.
(a) Camel.
(b) Terrible hangover.
(c) Roller coaster.
(d) Bucking bronco.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?

2. How many divisions do the Allies have in France when they first meet German troops in 1944?

3. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?

4. Where is Eisenhower born?

5. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?

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