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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 was Company D's function after they were relieved by the paratrooper Battalion?
(a) Left flank cover.
(b) Reserve company.
(c) Right flank cover.
(d) Intelligence Company.

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

3. How many men was Poett able to locate immediately after his landing?
(a) 130 men.
(b) 20 men.
(c) None.
(d) 231 men.

4. Howard decided that the men from glider #2 would ________________.
(a) Find the German radio.
(b) Clear the banks.
(c) Find the German officers.
(d) Destroy the pillbox.

5. Howard decided that ____________ would take the pillbox out.
(a) The bombers towing the gliders.
(b) The men of glider #4.
(c) Howard and his platoon.
(d) The men of glider #1 minus Brotheridge's platoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led the Germans to postpone their counter attack on the bridge according to Chapter 6?

2. What were the men of Company D trained to do?

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

4. When did Howard have access to the documentation concerning the plan?

5. How many platoon leaders were out of action after securing the bridges?

(see the answer key)

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