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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By nightfall on D-Day, there are 25,000 men ashore at the cost of how many casualties?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

2. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?
(a) Six days.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Six months.

3. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?
(a) Vierville.
(b) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(c) Calias.
(d) Les Moulins.

4. Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder is the leader of ___________.
(a) Civil engineers.
(b) 82nd Airborne.
(c) Fighter pilots.
(d) Ranger Company.

5. In the closing paragraph of the book, Eisenhower says D-Day was fought for __________.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Conquest.
(d) Glory.

6. The Atlantic Wall could be considered the greatest _________ in military history.
(a) Disaster.
(b) Asset.
(c) Feat.
(d) Blunder.

7. What does OWI stand for?
(a) Office of War Information.
(b) Official Work Interaction.
(c) Office of War Interrogation.
(d) Official War Information.

8. "Potato masher" is the troops' name for what?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Mines.
(c) Germans.
(d) Mortars.

9. What are "Hobart's Funnies"?
(a) Subs.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Snipers.
(d) Pranks.

10. How many men are sent with Sgt. Harrison Summers to capture the German barracks WXYZ?
(a) 2.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

11. Of the 2,400 tons of supplies scheduled to reach Omaha Beach, how much gets ashore?
(a) 2000 tons.
(b) 1000 tons.
(c) 200 tons.
(d) 100 tons.

12. People at home wait and pray that who does not knock on their door?
(a) A Priest.
(b) Military police.
(c) The Office of Military Personnel.
(d) Western Union.

13. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?
(a) Volunteers.
(b) Women.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Clerks.

14. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?
(a) Ammunition packs.
(b) Shoals and shale.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Landing craft ramps.

15. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.
(a) Montana.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Maine.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.

2. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?

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

4. The British Airborne Division was criticized for not pushing into ________.

5. What is the name for the naval demolition teams?

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