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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the troops use to blow holes in the barbed wire?
(a) Banglores.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Rockets.
(d) Rifles.

2. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?
(a) 0730.
(b) 0930.
(c) 0600.
(d) 1030.

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

4. Which beach do the Canadians take?
(a) Gold.
(b) Juno.
(c) Utah.
(d) Sword.

5. How many men are under General Bradley's command?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 22,000.

6. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?
(a) Jodl.
(b) Rundstedt.
(c) Jahnke.
(d) Rommel.

7. What does UDT stand for?
(a) Undercover Deception Timetable.
(b) Undercover Destroyer Teams.
(c) Underwater Demolition Teams.
(d) Underwater Detonation Technique.

8. The Red Cross in America collects a record amount of _________ on D-Day.
(a) War bonds.
(b) Money.
(c) Letters to the troops.
(d) Blood.

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

10. The scene at Easy Red is likened to what?
(a) Hollywood western.
(b) Bar brawl.
(c) Chicago slaughterhouse.
(d) Operating room.

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

12. Where is the one German general who would have disobeyed Hitler and launched a tank counter attack?
(a) Dead.
(b) With his girlfriend.
(c) In jail.
(d) Visiting his wife.

13. What does LCA stand for?
(a) Landing Craft, Assurance.
(b) Landing Craft Advisory.
(c) Landing Craft, Assault.
(d) Landing Craft Auxillery.

14. How high are the French hedgerows?
(a) 6-12 feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 1.5 feet.

15. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?
(a) 12 kilometers.
(b) 10 kilometers.
(c) 2 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks after D-Day do the Allies capture Caen?

2. What is the code name for the two Allied submarines that cross the Channel two days early?

3. People at home wait and pray that who does not knock on their door?

4. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?

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

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