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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In October of 1944, where were Eisenhower's headquarters?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Versailles.

2. When did Omar Bradley graduate from West Point?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1913.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, what was the operation that Hitler was planning?
(a) Seagull.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Watch.
(d) Lobster.

4. Where did the events in Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) United States.
(d) France.

5. During the first attack on Driant, how many soldiers were killed or wounded?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 13.

6. Where was Stalin on Christmas day in 1944?
(a) Black Sea.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Novosibirsk.
(d) St. Petersburg.

7. At the end of Chapter 9, how many days of sunshine did Patton pray for?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

8. What is the name of the Operation Hitler ordered at the end of Chapter 2 where Germans would pretend to be U.S. soldiers?
(a) Greif.
(b) Kreml.
(c) Delphin.
(d) Barbarossa.

9. At the end of Chapter 8, how many Germans came under a white flag asking the Americans to surrender at Bastogne?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. In Chapter 8, how many casualties did the Americans have in Noville?
(a) 275.
(b) 190.
(c) 320.
(d) 245.

11. In Chapter 9, how many tanks were traveling toward Bastogne?
(a) 146,000.
(b) 117,000.
(c) 129,000.
(d) 133,000.

12. In Chapter 8, what village was McAuliffe required to defend?
(a) Bastogne.
(b) Marvie.
(c) Margeret.
(d) Neffe.

13. How many planes did the Germans lose when they launched Operation Baseplate on January 1, 1945?
(a) Almost 400.
(b) 275.
(c) Nearly 300.
(d) 425.

14. In Chapter 6, which group ignored the warning that the Germans might be planning an attack to the north in the Ardennes Forest?
(a) First Army.
(b) Second Army.
(c) Fourth Army.
(d) Third Army.

15. How did Field Marshal Rommel die?
(a) Suicide pill.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Shot.
(d) Hanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours into the battle for Fort Driant did Private Holmlund find himself standing atop Fort Driant?

2. How many years did Alexei Kapler spend in a gulag for the crime of loving Joseph Stalin's daughter?

3. During the German invasion of Russia, how many Soviet men and boys in uniform died?

4. In Chapter 12 how many Germans did Pvt. James R. Hendrix get to surrender?

5. In Chapter 5, when did Roosevelt speak at Fenway Park?

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