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

2. What causes most of the casualties on Utah Beach?
(a) Tanks.
(b) Artillery fire.
(c) Mines.
(d) Flak.

3. How high are the French hedgerows?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 1.5 feet.
(c) 6-12 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

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

5. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Montana.
(c) Maine.
(d) Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet does Ambrose quote on the last page of the book?

2. How long does it take Ranger Company to get most of the men to the top of the cliffs at Omaha?

3. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?

4. The British Airborne Division was criticized for not pushing into ________.

5. How do most Americans get their news about the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does World War II dramatically change the lives of women on the home front?

2. How does Captain Rich assemble his plane after arriving on Omaha Beach?

3. What happens to Capt. John Tillett and his prized carrier pigeons?

4. How is the situation with the wounded on D-Day unique in military history?

5. Who are the POWs that the 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment see being lead toward them at first light?

6. How do the Canadian divisions fare on Juno Beach?

7. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

8. How do the warships contribute to D-Day?

9. Why do the Rangers of the 116th A Company quickly lose their cockiness as they approach Omaha Beach?

10. What do Americans criticize the British for after the events of D-Day are analyzed?

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