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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) Grenades.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Rockets.
(d) Banglores.

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

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

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

5. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1200.
(d) 0600.

6. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?
(a) 6600.
(b) 9000.
(c) 3500.
(d) 2500.

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

8. How long does it take Ranger Company to get most of the men to the top of the cliffs at Omaha?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two hours.

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

10. The objective of Ranger Company is taking ___________.
(a) La Madeleine.
(b) Ste. Marie-du-Mont.
(c) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(d) Pouppeville.

11. What do the Canadians give away to other troops because they expect to be evacuated?
(a) Rations.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Money.
(d) Ammunition.

12. What accidentally gets eaten in England before they can be put aboard a plane to Normandy?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Doves.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Pigeons.

13. How many weeks after D-Day do the Allies capture Caen?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

14. Sgt. Harrison Summers became known as the _____ of World War II.
(a) Hero.
(b) Captain Dan.
(c) Sergeant York.
(d) Tall tale.

15. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Wheat fields.
(c) A moonscape.
(d) Cow pastures.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the closing paragraph of the book, Eisenhower says D-Day was fought for __________.

2. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?

3. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?

4. What does ECB stand for?

5. Of the 2,400 tons of supplies scheduled to reach Omaha Beach, how much gets ashore?

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