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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 becomes the objective of the 1st Army Division?
(a) Vierville.
(b) Colleville.
(c) Pouppeville.
(d) Pointe-du-Hoc.

2. What has knocked out Jahnke's fortifications at Exit 2?
(a) Liberators.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Marauders.
(d) Flying Fortresses.

3. By nightfall on D-Day, there are 25,000 men ashore at the cost of how many casualties?
(a) 200.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

4. The objective of Ranger Company is taking ___________.
(a) La Madeleine.
(b) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(c) Ste. Marie-du-Mont.
(d) Pouppeville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the code name for the two Allied submarines that cross the Channel two days early?

2. Where is the command post of General Bradley?

3. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?

4. What does OWI stand for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

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

4. How is Omaha Beach constituted to give advantage to the Germans?

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

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

7. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

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

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

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

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