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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Freiwilligen?
(a) Elite pilots.
(b) Spies.
(c) Special ops.
(d) Volunteers.

2. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?
(a) Ardennes.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Kasserine Pass.

3. Sgt. Harrison Summers became known as the _____ of World War II.
(a) Hero.
(b) Captain Dan.
(c) Sergeant York.
(d) Tall tale.

4. The objective of Ranger Company is taking ___________.
(a) La Madeleine.
(b) Ste. Marie-du-Mont.
(c) Pouppeville.
(d) Pointe-du-Hoc.

5. How high are the French hedgerows?
(a) 1.5 feet.
(b) 6-12 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

2. How many infantrymen crowd into the boats carrying them to the beach?

3. Where does Eisenhower go to college?

4. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?

5. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?

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