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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. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?
(a) Women.
(b) Volunteers.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Clerks.

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

3. Where is the command post of General Bradley?
(a) USS Texas.
(b) USS Ancon.
(c) USS Savannah.
(d) USS Augusta.

4. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?
(a) 2 kilometers.
(b) 12 kilometers.
(c) 10 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?

2. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?

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

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

5. What does LCA stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

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

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