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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?
(a) Silence squads.
(b) Suicide squads.
(c) Sucker squads.
(d) Second squads.

2. Who is the first American to stand atop the bluffs?
(a) Sgt. Jim Henderson.
(b) Gen. George Rader.
(c) Pvt. Eldon Wiehe.
(d) Capt. Joe Dawson.

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

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

5. The ME-262's are to be known as what?
(a) Fighter jets.
(b) Troop carriers.
(c) Spy planes.
(d) Blitz-bombers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the command post of General Bradley?

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

3. What do the troops call their inflatable life vests?

4. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?

5. Where do the Germans pick up Capt. George Lane when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

(see the answer key)

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