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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ships are involved in D-Day?
(a) 292.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 2654.
(d) 2727.

2. What is the assignment of Sgt. Elmo Jones, 505th PIR?
(a) Gunner.
(b) Paratrooper.
(c) Skipper.
(d) Pathfinder.

3. Where do Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Stalin in 1943?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Tehran.

4. What are the groups of paratroopers jumping from each plane called?
(a) Clicks.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Sausages.

5. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Eisenhower.

6. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Munson.
(d) MacArthur.

7. What is the date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?
(a) May 10.
(b) May 5.
(c) May 30.
(d) May 15.

8. What does SOS stand for?
(a) Supply or Services.
(b) Services of Supply.
(c) Service of Ships.
(d) Save Our Ships.

9. What are the Vergeltungswaffen?
(a) Elite troops.
(b) Vengeance weapons.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Spies.

10. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?
(a) Kursk.
(b) Prague.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Berlin.

11. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) Leadership.
(b) War.
(c) Organization.
(d) Strategy.

12. Who wants to sign onto the crew of one the King of England's ships?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Prince Edward.

13. How many days after D-Day does Germany's premier tank division arrive at the French coast?
(a) 3.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

14. What is attached to the LCTs by wire cable as they make their way to the beach?
(a) Radios.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Flags.
(d) Balloons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?

2. How much do the bombs weigh that the B-17s drop?

3. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?

4. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.

5. What are the panzer units in the German army?

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