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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Delphin.
(c) Barbarossa.
(d) Kreml.

3. In Chapter 10, where were Joachim Peiper and his men trapped?
(a) La Gleize.
(b) Bourgomont.
(c) Cheneu.
(d) Monceau.

4. In Chapter 4, who was the ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya's lover?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) Malenkov.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Stalin.

5. In Chapter 7, what was the date when Operation Watch began?
(a) December 23.
(b) December 16.
(c) December 13.
(d) December 11.

6. What was the date at the beginning of the Prologue?
(a) January 3, 1946.
(b) January 21, 1946.
(c) December 21, 1945.
(d) December 11, 1945.

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

8. In Chapter 12, how many Sherman tanks had Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams had shot out from under him?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

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

10. In Chapter 5, when did Roosevelt speak at Fenway Park?
(a) November 23, 1944.
(b) December 11, 1944.
(c) December 2, 1944.
(d) November 4, 1944.

11. At the end of Chapter 10, how many civilians were killed in the British city of Oldham on Christmas Eve?
(a) 2,700.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 3,200.
(d) 2,300.

12. How many men and tanks did Patton lose in the hamlet of Chaumont due to a German ambush in Chapter 12?
(a) 8 tanks and 55 men.
(b) 10 tanks and 80 men.
(c) 11 tanks and almost 100 men.
(d) 15 tanks and about 120 men.

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

14. In Chapter 10, what did Hitler usually eat for lunch?
(a) Bread and jam.
(b) Soup and salad.
(c) Vegetables and fruit.
(d) Steak and potatoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who was General Patton's immediate superior?

2. In Chapter 6, who was the only officer that believed that the Germans were ready to attack in December of 1944?

3. In Chapter 11, how old was Stalin's daughter, Svetlana?

4. How many innocent people were rounded up after the assassination attempt on Hitler in July of 1944?

5. In Chapter 8, how many casualties did the Americans have in Noville?

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