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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Germans guarding the artillery posts do to pass time in April and May?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Fortify the Atlantic Wall.
(c) Dig trenches.
(d) Write letters home.

2. What is the favorite boredom killer in the days leading up to the invasion?
(a) Television.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Radio.

3. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?
(a) Ziemke.
(b) Stalingrade.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Kreml.

4. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?
(a) 1st Battalion of the 505th.
(b) 4th Battalion of the 325th.
(c) 3rd Battalion of 222nd.
(d) 2nd Battalion of the 505th.

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

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

7. What does AEF stand for?
(a) American Executive Force.
(b) Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) Allied Executive Force.
(d) American Expenditure Force.

8. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.
(a) Politics.
(b) Attrition.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Fire power.

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

10. What does RAF stand for?
(a) Royal Air Force.
(b) Radar Aerial Freighter.
(c) Radar Air Freight.
(d) Royal Aeiral Force.

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

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

13. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.
(a) Shore.
(b) Shoal.
(c) Scuttle.
(d) Shingle.

14. What are B-17s known as?
(a) Marauders.
(b) Liberators.
(c) Freedom Fighters.
(d) Flying Fortresses.

15. What is the name of Eisenhower's dog that he acquires during the war?
(a) Tunney.
(b) Turk.
(c) Telek.
(d) Tunis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Utah Beach is the code name for what part of the French coast?

2. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?

3. What is the name of the command group in charge of planning D-Day?

4. What are B-24s known as?

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

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