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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. People at home wait and pray that who does not knock on their door?
(a) Western Union.
(b) A Priest.
(c) Military police.
(d) The Office of Military Personnel.

2. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
(a) Kraiss.
(b) Runderstat.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Marcks.

3. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) Ammunition packs.
(c) Landing craft ramps.
(d) Shoals and shale.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "Hobart's Funnies"?

2. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?

3. What does UDT stand for?

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

5. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

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

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