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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is always the weakest spot on any Allied line during the war?
(a) The lack of a strong navy.
(b) The boundary between the American and British armies.
(c) The gap between the air assault and ground fire.
(d) The boundary between the Germans and Russians.

2. Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear is assigned to destroy three bridges on the ______ River.
(a) Sienne.
(b) Orne.
(c) Dives.
(d) Douve.

3. What group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?
(a) 101st Infantry.
(b) 81st Airborne.
(c) 250th Rangers.
(d) 29th Division.

4. How many infantrymen crowd into the boats carrying them to the beach?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

5. At what time does the German radar finally spot the Allied fleet?
(a) 0609.
(b) 0309.
(c) 0409.
(d) 0709.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Potato masher" is the troops' name for what?

2. How many men are sent with Sgt. Harrison Summers to capture the German barracks WXYZ?

3. What are the troops given to communicate with each other once they are on the ground?

4. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?

5. What is the name for the German army?

(see the answer key)

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