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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many men are sent with Sgt. Harrison Summers to capture the German barracks WXYZ?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

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

6. What are Sherman tanks also know as?
(a) Tigers.
(b) LCDs.
(c) DDs.
(d) EVDs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does ECB stand for?
(a) Echo Combat Boats.
(b) Engineer Combat Battalions.
(c) Echo Company Battalions.
(d) Engineer Company Boats.

14. What does the 12th Infantry, 8th Regiment worry about more than snipers as they try to meet up with the 82nd Airborne?
(a) Being taken prisoner.
(b) Hedgerows.
(c) Friendly fire.
(d) Drowning.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?

3. What do the troops call their inflatable life vests?

4. Where is the one German general who would have disobeyed Hitler and launched a tank counter attack?

5. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?

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