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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. How many innocent people were rounded up after the assassination attempt on Hitler in July of 1944?
(a) 7,800.
(b) About 8,000.
(c) 6,900.
(d) More than 7,000.

2. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?
(a) Dintel.
(b) Voer.
(c) Lesse.
(d) Meuse.

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, how many enemy infantry divisions had Col. Koch discovered have been moved to an area near the Ardennes Forest?
(a) 13.
(b) 17.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Omar Bradley graduate from West Point?

3. At the end of the efforts to take Fort Driant, how many casualties are there?

4. In the Prologue, why was Patton in the hospital?

5. In Chapter 9, how many tanks were traveling toward Bastogne?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stalin's second wife die?

2. In the Prologue, how was Patton injured?

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

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

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

6. At the end of Chapter 12, when did the German advance stall and why?

7. In Chapter 12, what did Patton do on Christmas Day?

8. In Chapter 4, why did Churchill meet with Stalin?

9. In The Prologue how is Beatrice, Patton's wife described?

10. In Chapter 6, who was Col. Oscar Koch, and what did he do for Patton?

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