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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Ammunition.

2. How many phases has the Assault Training Center broken down into?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Gestapo.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Jodl.

4. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?
(a) Ultra.
(b) Usher.
(c) Excalibur.
(d) Extra.

5. Where is the soldier from who forgets his name when asked by Eisenhower?
(a) Maine.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Texas.

6. What is the date that Eisenhower originally sets for D-Day?
(a) June 6.
(b) June 5.
(c) June 4.
(d) June 7.

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

8. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?
(a) Ernie Pyle.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Mike Wallace.
(d) Dan Rather.

9. What is Maj. John Howard's D Company known as?
(a) Ox and Bucks.
(b) Bulls and Broncs.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Sharks.

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

11. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?
(a) Snipers.
(b) Low lying wires.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Clouds.

12. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) William Rockefeller.
(b) James Clark Wilson.
(c) Andrew Jackson Higgins.
(d) Henry Ransom Paulding.

13. Where is Rommel on June 4?
(a) Inspecting the Atlantic Wall.
(b) Visiting his wife.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Hunting.

14. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Hitler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.

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

3. What do Allied troops eat three meals a day before the invasion?

4. What is H-Hour scheduled to be on D-Day?

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

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