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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety, pgs. 150-163.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who told Howard to developed his plan to take the bridges?
(a) General Gale.
(b) General Montgomery.
(c) Brigadier Poett.
(d) General Eisenhower.

5. Who joined the resistance in 1942?
(a) The Gondrees.
(b) Howard.
(c) Julie Trousseau.
(d) Von Luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would the 3rd Para Brigade drop according to Howard's orders?

2. Howard decided that the men from glider #2 would ________________.

3. What did Howard and his men hear near the canal bridge?

4. What was Company D's function after they were relieved by the paratrooper Battalion?

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

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