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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?
(a) American paratroopers.
(b) French Resistance.
(c) British Navy.
(d) Canadian tanks.

2. 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.

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

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

5. How do most Americans get their news about the war?
(a) Radio.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Movies.
(d) Letters from the front.

6. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?
(a) Presidental Award.
(b) Distinguished Service Cross.
(c) Purple Heart.
(d) Congressional Medal of Honor.

7. What is the code name for the two Allied submarines that cross the Channel two days early?
(a) Gambit.
(b) Game.
(c) Grosse.
(d) Gamble.

8. What is the approximate number of Allied casualties from D-Day?
(a) 2500.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 4900.
(d) 11,000.

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

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

11. What poet does Ambrose quote on the last page of the book?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Frost.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Tennyson.

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

13. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Kraiss.
(c) Marcks.
(d) Runderstat.

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

15. Who is the first American to stand atop the bluffs?
(a) Gen. George Rader.
(b) Pvt. Eldon Wiehe.
(c) Sgt. Jim Henderson.
(d) Capt. Joe Dawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?

2. What accidentally gets eaten in England before they can be put aboard a plane to Normandy?

3. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?

4. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?

5. What does UDT stand for?

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