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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours, pgs. 88-97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the plan, who would relieve Howard after his mission was accomplished?
(a) The 1st para division.
(b) The 8th Infantry division.
(c) The 23rd mechanized army.
(d) The 7th Para Battalion.

2. What did the members of the 6th airborne know would be coming sometime?
(a) An invasion of North Africa.
(b) The loss of Gibraltar.
(c) A European invasion.
(d) The loss of Karthoum.

3. Where was the 6th Airborne stationed in 1943?
(a) U.S.A.
(b) North Africa.
(c) Guam.
(d) England.

4. How many fatalities were there because of the landing in glider #1?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

5. What division was Von Luck commanding in the fall of 1943?
(a) 21st Panzer Division.
(b) 43rd Grenadier division.
(c) Panzer Lehr.
(d) 1st Panzer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?

2. What language besides French did Theresa speak?

3. Who was piloting one of the gliders according to Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours?

4. What was Howard not allowed to do with the maps, photos, and his plan to take the bridges?

5. Who visited Company D at the beginning of June,1944?

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