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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 is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?
(a) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(b) Calias.
(c) Vierville.
(d) Les Moulins.

2. What are Sherman tanks also know as?
(a) EVDs.
(b) Tigers.
(c) LCDs.
(d) DDs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What becomes the objective of the 1st Army Division?

3. How many weeks after D-Day do the Allies capture Caen?

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

5. What does ECB stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why do the Rangers of the 116th A Company quickly lose their cockiness as they approach 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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