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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 11, in what countries were the Soviets fighting the Germans?
(a) Romania and Slovenia.
(b) Poland and Hungary.
(c) Croatia and Poland.
(d) Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

2. In Chapter 11, how old was Stalin's daughter, Svetlana?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

3. In Chapter 2, during the last three years, how much time had Hitler spent at the Wolf Lair?
(a) Some 800 days.
(b) About 900 days.
(c) 740 days.
(d) 1,012 days.

4. December 24, 1944, how many days did Hitler have to live?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 127 days.
(d) 110 days.

5. How old was Roosevelt when he married Eleanor?
(a) 20.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 23.

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

7. In Chapter 6, who was the first American to accurately predict the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) General Patton.
(c) Col. Oscar Koch.
(d) Roosevelt.

8. When did Roosevelt first become president?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

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

10. In Chapter 7, what U.S. Infantry Division were trying to stop the elite 12th SS Panzer Division from capturing Elsenborn Ridge?
(a) 87th.
(b) 45th.
(c) 99th.
(d) 63rd.

11. In Chapter 12 how many Germans did Pvt. James R. Hendrix get to surrender?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

12. What was the date of the holiday that Stalin created to replace Christmas?
(a) December 31.
(b) December 30.
(c) January 12.
(d) January 1.

13. On December 9, 1944, what operation was Patton planning on launching?
(a) Hawkeye.
(b) Tink.
(c) Paperclip.
(d) Aphrodite.

14. How many years did Peiper serve in prison for war crimes?
(a) About 10 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) Almost 12 years.
(d) 8 years.

15. In Chapter 9, how far was Patton and the Third Army from Bastogne?
(a) 28 miles.
(b) 19 miles.
(c) 43 miles.
(d) 33 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Omar Bradley graduate from West Point?

2. In 1944, how old was Hitler?

3. In Chapter 12, how many Sherman tanks had Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams had shot out from under him?

4. In Chapter 12, what was the top speed of the Sherman tank?

5. During the first attack on Driant, how many soldiers were killed or wounded?

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