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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, what celebrities were near the fighting when the Germans launched their attack in the Ardennes?
(a) Gene Tierney and Spencer Tracy.
(b) Humphrey Bogart and Eddie Cantor.
(c) American baseball players and Marlene Dietrich.
(d) Abbott and Costello and Milton Berle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Patton graduate from West Point?

2. In Chapter 10, how far was Hitler from the place where Patton prayed?

3. In Chapter 10, what did Hitler usually eat for lunch?

4. What was Stalin's first language?

5. Where was Stalin on Christmas day in 1944?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what was Hitler doing to strike back at the Allies?

2. At the end of Chapter 10 what victories did the Germans have?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, why was Eisenhower troubled?

4. At the end of Chapter 2, what was Operation Greif?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what happened in Bastogne?

6. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

7. What was Stalin's plan at the end of Chapter 11?

8. What happened to Field Marshall Rommel in Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 12 what happened to the town of Assenois?

10. In Chapter 9, why did Patton go to a Catholic chapel on December 23, 1944?

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