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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.
(a) 400.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

2. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?
(a) Ammunition packs.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Shoals and shale.
(d) Landing craft ramps.

3. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?
(a) Coxswains.
(b) Paratroopers.
(c) Boat skippers.
(d) Bomber pilots.

4. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Jodl.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Gestapo.

5. What are Sherman tanks also know as?
(a) EVDs.
(b) LCDs.
(c) Tigers.
(d) DDs.

Short Answer Questions

1. One soldier compared riding a LCT to all of the following EXCEPT for _____________.

2. What group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?

3. Where do Rommel and Eisenhower first engage in battle?

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

5. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?

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