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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 are "Hobart's Funnies"?
(a) Subs.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Pranks.
(d) Tanks.

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

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

4. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Wheat fields.
(c) A moonscape.
(d) Cow pastures.

5. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?
(a) Colonel George Marshall.
(b) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) General George Patton.
(d) General John J. Pershing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are under General Bradley's command?

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

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

4. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?

5. What do the troops use to blow holes in the barbed wire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

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

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

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

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