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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, pgs. 119-127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skills did the training of Company D focus on?
(a) Heave infantry.
(b) Light infantry.
(c) Naval warfare.
(d) Tank driving.

2. What did the Germans decide to wait for before trying another counter attack?
(a) More ammunitions.
(b) Their commanding officer.
(c) More troops.
(d) Daylight.

3. What direction did Poett go after landing?
(a) The opposite direction of the shot he heard.
(b) The direction of the shot he heard.
(c) The direction of Caen.
(d) The direction the planes flying overhead were going.

4. What made the training ground Howard and its men trained on special?
(a) It was humid like Normandy.
(b) It was easy to access with tanks.
(c) It had two bridges located close together.
(d) It was far from German air scouts.

5. What did Howard decide must be taken out before firing any shot?
(a) The pillbox.
(b) The commanding officers.
(c) The bridge sentries.
(d) The anti tank guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Von Luck commanding officer in 1942?

2. What did Howard and the British commander do at five every evening in 1942?

3. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?

4. When did Howard receive his orders according to D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day?

5. What was Von Luck waiting for to counterattack with the full force of the 21st Panzer?

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