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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?
(a) Oberon.
(b) Overboard.
(c) Outlook.
(d) Overlord.

2. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Africa.

3. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Oil.
(b) Sand.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Peat fields.

4. What is the assignment of Sgt. Elmo Jones, 505th PIR?
(a) Pathfinder.
(b) Gunner.
(c) Paratrooper.
(d) Skipper.

5. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?
(a) Fifteenth Army.
(b) Sicily.
(c) SS Division.
(d) Afrika Korps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the most extensive Assault Training Center?

2. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?

3. What does AEF stand for?

4. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

5. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the weather effect the start of the invasion?

2. How does Hitler misjudge the need for fighter jets over bombers?

3. How are the Allied troops entertained in the weeks leading up to the invasion?

4. What is the experience of the troops in the Higgins boats as they are boarded to take part in the invasion?

5. What roles do Rommel and Eisenhower have in World War I?

6. What is the first movement of the invasion?

7. What are the similarities in the backgrounds of Eisenhower and Rommel?

8. What plans do the Allies make to breach the Atlantic Wall?

9. While the Allies train obsessively, how are the Germans conducting training?

10. What goes wrong with many of the paratroopers' jumps during the invasion?

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