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

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

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

4. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?
(a) Russians.
(b) Death camps.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Gestapo.

5. In the closing paragraph of the book, Eisenhower says D-Day was fought for __________.
(a) Destiny.
(b) Glory.
(c) Conquest.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder is the leader of ___________.

3. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?

4. How long does it take the Germans to erect the Atlantic Wall?

5. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

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

10. What happens when a signalman mistakenly thinks the Vierville steeple is an observation point?

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