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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Patton graduate from West Point?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1910.

2. During the German invasion of Russia, how many Soviet men and boys in uniform died?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 10 million.

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

4. In Chapter 7, who was General Patton's immediate superior?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Pershing.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Bradley.

5. In Chapter 1, how many bullets could the Browning Automatic Rifle fire per minute?
(a) 545.
(b) 650.
(c) 495.
(d) 708.

6. At the end of the efforts to take Fort Driant, how many casualties are there?
(a) 610.
(b) 800.
(c) 390.
(d) 450.

7. 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) 11 tanks and almost 100 men.
(c) 15 tanks and about 120 men.
(d) 10 tanks and 80 men.

8. In Chapter 3, what were the only two ways that Eisenhower could manage the stress of command?
(a) Nicotine and caffeine.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Golf.

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

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

11. In Chapter 3, when had General George Marshall dictated would be the last day of the war?
(a) December 1.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) November 30.
(d) New Year's Eve.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Stalin on Christmas day in 1944?

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?

3. How old was Roosevelt when he contracted polio?

4. In Chapter 8, what village was McAuliffe required to defend?

5. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?

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