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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, D-Day; 0600 to 1200 Hours, pgs. 128-141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Howard and his troops go for training according to Chapter 4?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Devon.
(c) Kent.
(d) Exeter.

2. What did Howard and his men hear near the canal bridge?
(a) German tanks.
(b) French resistance members.
(c) German infantry.
(d) Their relief.

3. What did the Gondrees know about the soldiers by the bridge?
(a) They were British.
(b) They were American.
(c) They were Germans.
(d) Nothing.

4. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the members of the 6th airborne know would be coming sometime?

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

(see the answer key)

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