View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, pgs. 97-105.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?
(a) Hastings.
(b) Cork.
(c) Tarrant Rushton.
(d) Weymouth.

2. Where did the planners of the Allied invasion of Europe decide it would take place?
(a) Pas de Calais.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Normandy.

3. When did Howard receive his orders according to D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day?
(a) December 5, 1942.
(b) June 6, 1943.
(c) May 2, 1944.
(d) June 9, 1944.

4. What was the 6th airborne doing in 1943?
(a) Fighting the Germans.
(b) Taking general leave.
(c) Continuing their training.
(d) Fighting in the Pacific.

5. What was issued to the men of Company D on May 29, 1944?
(a) The rifles.
(b) The escape aid kits.
(c) Their map of the Pegasus bridge area.
(d) Their cyanide capsule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first report Howard received after setting up his command post on the Canal Bridge?

2. What was the name of the local resistance leader?

3. How many fatalities were there because of the landing in glider #1?

4. Who was in charge of planning the Allied invasion of Europe in 1943?

5. When was most of the resistance at the Canal bridge subdued?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 198 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample