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

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

3. In October of 1944, where were Eisenhower's headquarters?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) London.

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

5. When did Omar Bradley graduate from West Point?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12 in Bastogne what type of building had been turned into a make-shift field hospital?

2. What was the date at the beginning of the Prologue?

3. In Chapter 3, what were the only two ways that Eisenhower could manage the stress of command?

4. How old was Roosevelt when he married Eleanor?

5. How did Field Marshal Rommel die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was William Donovan and what did he do for Roosevelt?

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

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

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

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

6. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

7. At the end of Chapter 1, why was Patton furious about the battle at Driant?

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

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how is Roosevelt described?

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