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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. When was Caen liberated?
(a) June, 1944.
(b) August, 1944.
(c) January, 1945.
(d) December, 1944.

2. What did Howard and his men hear near the canal bridge?
(a) French resistance members.
(b) Their relief.
(c) German tanks.
(d) German infantry.

3. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed according to Ambrose?
(a) They couldn't find the Ranville church steeple.
(b) They didn't have their commanding officers.
(c) They didn't have their communication gear.
(d) They were being shot at.

4. Who was with Major Smith when he was captured?
(a) His driver.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His second in command.
(d) His valet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information did Howard have access to?

2. When did the plan say the paratroopers should arrive at the bridges?

3. Who from Company C was ordered to report to the beaches from Company D?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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