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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 hours.
(d) Two days.

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

4. The British Airborne Division was criticized for not pushing into ________.
(a) Paris.
(b) Calais.
(c) Caen.
(d) Cotentin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?
(a) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) General John J. Pershing.
(c) General George Patton.
(d) Colonel George Marshall.

13. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.
(a) Les Moulins.
(b) Vierville.
(c) Calais.
(d) Point-du-Hoc.

14. What do the troops call their inflatable life vests?
(a) Marilyns.
(b) Pin-ups.
(c) Mae Wests.
(d) Debbies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The scene at Easy Red is likened to what?

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

3. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?

4. By nightfall on D-Day, there are 25,000 men ashore at the cost of how many casualties?

5. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?

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