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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are "Hobart's Funnies"?
(a) Subs.
(b) Pranks.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Snipers.
2. What becomes the objective of the 1st Army Division?
(a) Pouppeville.
(b) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(c) Vierville.
(d) Colleville.
3. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Cow pastures.
(c) A moonscape.
(d) Wheat fields.
4. Where is the one German general who would have disobeyed Hitler and launched a tank counter attack?
(a) Dead.
(b) In jail.
(c) Visiting his wife.
(d) With his girlfriend.
5. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?
(a) Bomber pilots.
(b) Boat skippers.
(c) Coxswains.
(d) Paratroopers.
6. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.
(a) Montana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Maine.
7. The scene at Easy Red is likened to what?
(a) Bar brawl.
(b) Hollywood western.
(c) Chicago slaughterhouse.
(d) Operating room.
8. What is the name for the naval demolition teams?
(a) Bombadiers.
(b) Washers.
(c) Seabees.
(d) Scuttles.
9. What accidentally gets eaten in England before they can be put aboard a plane to Normandy?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Doves.
(c) Turkeys.
(d) Eagles.
10. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?
(a) Women.
(b) Clerks.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Cooks.
11. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.
(a) Les Moulins.
(b) Point-du-Hoc.
(c) Vierville.
(d) Calais.
12. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1800.
(c) 0600.
(d) 1200.
13. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?
(a) 12 kilometers.
(b) 2 kilometers.
(c) 10 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.
14. What does LCA stand for?
(a) Landing Craft, Assault.
(b) Landing Craft Advisory.
(c) Landing Craft, Assurance.
(d) Landing Craft Auxillery.
15. How many men are under General Bradley's command?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 22,000.
(d) 400,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?
2. The Red Cross in America collects a record amount of _________ on D-Day.
3. What is the code name for the two Allied submarines that cross the Channel two days early?
4. What does OWI stand for?
5. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?
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