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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 13, how many guests were invited to Roosevelt's swearing-in a president?
(a) 5,500.
(b) 6,200.
(c) 4,800.
(d) 7,000.

2. In Chapter 22, who commanded the Pacific Theater?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Clark.
(c) Eisenhower,
(d) MacArthur.

3. In Chapter 17, where were some wealthy Berliners secretly making plans to flee?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) France.

4. How many Spirtfires did Churchill give Stalin's air force?
(a) 950.
(b) 875.
(c) 945.
(d) 1,000.

5. In Chapter 18, when Patton, Bradley, and Eisenhower toured the concentration camp Ohrdruf, how many bodies had been thrown into shallow graves?
(a) 2,900.
(b) 1,700.
(c) 4,100.
(d) 3,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how much money did the Chinese Communists want to purchase arms to battle China's Japanese occupiers?

2. When did Patton receive the news that his combat career was over?

3. In Chapter 20, how many men were deployed to rescue American POWs at Oflag XIII-B?

4. By how many hours did Patton's Third Army beat Montgomery's crossing of the Rhine?

5. What was the combat range of the Spitfire?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what trait did Truman have that Roosevelt lacked?

2. Why were Patton and American soldiers frustrated when Montgomery took credit for the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge?

3. How did Donovan take the news that Roosevelt died?

4. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

5. How was Hitler's 56th birthday celebrated in Chapter 21?

6. Where was Patton stationed in Chapter 22, and what was the place like?

7. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

8. How did Patton manage to cross the Rhine, and by how much time did he beat Montgomery?

9. What did Patton do when a Russian officer demanded in Chapter 22 that boats be returned to the Russians?

10. What were Hitler's thoughts at the end of Chapter 14?

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