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

2. In Chapter 23, how long had the British and Americans been cooperating on an atomic weapon?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1941.

3. At the end of Chapter 16, when did Patton's Third Army cross the Rhine River?
(a) March 11.
(b) March 24.
(c) March 26.
(d) March 22.

4. Where was the Potsdam Conference held in Chapter 23?
(a) Russia.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

5. How many security points were there in Chapter 17 to enter Hitler's bunker?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where was Donovan when he learned that Roosevelt had died?

2. At the Potsdam Conference in Chapter 23, what color were the tablecloths?

3. In Chapter 19, when would Churchill be voted out of office?

4. In Chapter 13, how many guests were invited to Roosevelt's swearing-in a president?

5. In Chapter 17, how close was the Russian army to Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did many Auschwitz survivors find no shelter in their hometowns when they returned?

2. What speech of Churchill's was given after the crossing of the Rhine?

3. What happened to Hitler and Braun's bodies?

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

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

6. How were Patton and Truman opposites?

7. How did Hitler pass his time in the bunker at the end of Chapter 17?

8. In Chapter 17, what was Hitler's bunker like?

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

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

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