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

2. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Rundstedt.
(c) Jodl.
(d) Jahnke.

3. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?
(a) Coxswains.
(b) Bomber pilots.
(c) Boat skippers.
(d) Paratroopers.

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

5. Which beach do the Canadians take?
(a) Sword.
(b) Utah.
(c) Juno.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does UDT stand for?

2. What is the approximate number of Allied casualties from D-Day?

3. What are Sherman tanks also know as?

4. Of the 2,400 tons of supplies scheduled to reach Omaha Beach, how much gets ashore?

5. In the closing paragraph of the book, Eisenhower says D-Day was fought for __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does "Rangers Lead the Way" become an official motto?

3. What are the Allies' mistakes during D-Day?

4. How does Eisenhower describe his feelings to Walter Cronkite 20 years after the invasion?

5. Who is the "Sergeant York of World War II"?

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

7. What happens when a signalman mistakenly thinks the Vierville steeple is an observation point?

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

9. What is the "best ally" the Allies had lost by dawn of D-Day?

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

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