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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do Allied troops use to keep water out of their riffles during the invasion?
(a) Band-aids.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Wax.
(d) Corks.

7. What does Ambrose have framed on the wall of his office?
(a) A letter from Churchill.
(b) Rommel's invasion defense plans.
(c) Eisenhower's order of the day.
(d) D-Day maps.

8. How many bombers are shot down by Luftwaffe on D-Day?
(a) 0.
(b) 113.
(c) 9.
(d) 47.

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

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

11. Who is a master of sabotage against the Germans?
(a) French Resistance.
(b) American spies.
(c) Polish POWs.
(d) Jewish prisoners.

12. How many infantrymen crowd into the boats carrying them to the beach?
(a) 28.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

13. What is the code name for the Allies' elaborate plan to fool the Germans about D-Day?
(a) Overkill.
(b) Ultra.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Fortitude.

14. How many minesweepers clear the Channel for the Allies?
(a) 3200.
(b) 2500.
(c) 375.
(d) 250.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Allies want the Germans to believe the D-Day invasion would be?

2. What is the landing site the Allies choose for the D-Day invasion?

3. What is the name of Eisenhower's dog that he acquires during the war?

4. Who wants to sign onto the crew of one the King of England's ships?

5. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?

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