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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Leave the building.
(c) Sit with them at the building.
(d) Study them.

2. 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.

3. How did the man killed in glider #2 die?
(a) He died from a head trauma.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He was shot by a German.
(d) He drowned.

4. Where was Brotheridge hit?
(a) The leg.
(b) The neck.
(c) The back.
(d) The hand.

5. What was the first report Howard received after setting up his command post on the Canal Bridge?
(a) Brotheridge being dead.
(b) The arrival of the relieving company.
(c) The arrival of Poet.
(d) Brotheridge being wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Von Luck have his men do on May 29, 1944?

2. What rank did Hans Schmidt hold in June,1944?

3. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?

4. Where would the British infantry head according to the plan set in place for the invasion?

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

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