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

2. How long does it take Ranger Company to get most of the men to the top of the cliffs at Omaha?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Two days.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Two hours.

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

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

5. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?
(a) Gestapo.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Russians.
(d) Death camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Canadians give away to other troops because they expect to be evacuated?

2. The Red Cross in America collects a record amount of _________ on D-Day.

3. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?

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

5. What does UDT stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

2. What is the story of Jacqueline Thornton on Sword Beach?

3. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

4. What else is happening with the Eisenhower family on June 6, 1944?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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