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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety, pgs. 150-163.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacked Company D as they moved toward Escoville?
(a) 2nd Panzer Grenadier.
(b) 1st SS Panzer Division.
(c) Panzer Lehr.
(d) 21st Panzer Division.

2. What did Company D become after June 6?
(a) A mechanized company.
(b) An infantry company.
(c) A tank company.
(d) It was disbanded.

3. When did Poett reach the bridge?
(a) 0315 hours.
(b) 0052 hours.
(c) 0254 hours.
(d) 0014 hours.

4. What was Howard not allowed to do with the maps, photos, and his plan to take the bridges?
(a) Study them.
(b) Devise training plans from them.
(c) Sit with them at the building.
(d) Leave the building.

5. Who fired the Piat weapon?
(a) Brotheridge.
(b) Poett.
(c) Howard.
(d) Thornton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first allied soldier to die on D-Day?

2. Who lit flares to guide the paratroopers to their drop zones?

3. How many anti-tank weapons did Howard have?

4. Where did Howard figure the paratroopers would start to land after the capture of the bridges?

5. What did Howard know about the Gondrees?

(see the answer key)

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