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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 does UDT stand for?
(a) Undercover Deception Timetable.
(b) Undercover Destroyer Teams.
(c) Underwater Detonation Technique.
(d) Underwater Demolition Teams.

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

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

4. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?
(a) 0600.
(b) 0930.
(c) 0730.
(d) 1030.

5. What do the Canadians give away to other troops because they expect to be evacuated?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Money.
(d) Rations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?

2. What are Sherman tanks also know as?

3. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?

4. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?

5. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

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

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

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

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

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