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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the training ground Howard and its men trained on special?
(a) It was humid like Normandy.
(b) It was far from German air scouts.
(c) It had two bridges located close together.
(d) It was easy to access with tanks.

2. Where was the 6th Airborne stationed in 1943?
(a) England.
(b) Guam.
(c) North Africa.
(d) U.S.A.

3. How many men were with Hickman when he arrived near the bridge?
(a) Five men.
(b) Two men.
(c) Four men.
(d) Three men.

4. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Very well everywhere.
(b) Not well everywhere.
(c) Very well in North Africa, but not in Europe.
(d) Very well in Europe, but not in the Pacific.

5. Who was shot in the leg trying to report the success of his mission to Howard?
(a) Wood.
(b) Poett.
(c) Wallwork
(d) Brotheridge.

6. When did Brigadier Poett land in Normandy in Chapter 5?
(a) 0019 hours.
(b) 0156 hours
(c) 1452 hours.
(d) 0026 hours.

7. What did Von Luck have his men do on May 29, 1944?
(a) Install more anti-air.
(b) Install machine guns.
(c) Dig holes for anti-glider poles.
(d) Put anti-tank cannons in.

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

9. Who remembered seeing a body near the cafe?
(a) Howard.
(b) Poett.
(c) Parr.
(d) Wallwork.

10. Who developed the training program of Company D?
(a) Howard.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Patton.

11. Whose body was laying near the cafe?
(a) Schimdt's.
(b) Brotheridge's.
(c) Romer's.
(d) Poett's.

12. When did Company D's glider take off?
(a) June 6th at 1243 hours.
(b) June 5th at 2245 hours.
(c) June 5th at 2256 hours.
(d) June 7th at 2345 hours.

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

14. What did Howard decide must be taken out before firing any shot?
(a) The commanding officers.
(b) The bridge sentries.
(c) The pillbox.
(d) The anti tank guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Brotheridge hit?

2. To whom did Georges and Theresa Gondree provide information?

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

4. Where was Von Luck assigned in 1942?

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

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