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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, The Significance of Pegasus Bridge. pgs. 181-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was thrown out of the cockpit by the impact during landing?
(a) Wallwork and Poett.
(b) Poett and Gale.
(c) Howard and Wallwork.
(d) Wallwork and Ainsworth.

2. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?
(a) French prisoners.
(b) Collaborators.
(c) Sleeping Germans.
(d) A printing press.

3. Who attended the celebrations for the capture of the Pegasus bridge prior to 1984 according to Chapter 11, D-Day Plus Forty Years to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?
(a) Howard and Gale alone.
(b) Allied soldiers only.
(c) The public.
(d) Only those who participated.

4. How many platoon leaders were out of action after securing the bridges?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. What bridges did General Gale decide should be taken intact?
(a) The Rhone and Saone bridges.
(b) The Seine bridges.
(c) Orne river and Caen canal bridges.
(d) The Saone and Seine bridges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Howard and his troops go for training according to Chapter 4?

2. What was Von Luck waiting for to counterattack with the full force of the 21st Panzer?

3. What did Howard use to guide paratroopers to the bridges?

4. Who lit flares to guide the paratroopers to their drop zones?

5. Howard decided the men from glider #3 would ____________.

(see the answer key)

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