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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Nous Restons Ici" mean?

3. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?

4. How high are the French hedgerows?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Ambrose a fair narrator, giving his momentous subject the historical perspective and personal touch it calls for?

Essay Topic 2

It is said that the war was won with British brains and American brawn. What are the differences between the armed forces of the two countries and how do their strengths and weaknesses contribute to victory?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the divisions among lines of nationality, ethnicity, and faith among the Allied troops.

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