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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take Hickman to reach his headquarters?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Nine hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Ten hours.

3. What did Howard and the British commander do at five every evening in 1942?
(a) Allowed Company D to have its evening free.
(b) Ate dinner.
(c) Chanted patriotic songs.
(d) Watched a war movie.

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

5. Who was on duty on the canal bridge when the gliders landed?
(a) Romer.
(b) Von Luck.
(c) Hemmer.
(d) Schmidt.

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

7. What was the name of the local resistance leader?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Cabu.
(c) Vion.
(d) Bion.

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

9. What did George and Theresa Gondree do for a living?
(a) They were shoe manufacturers.
(b) They were potato farmers.
(c) They owned a sewing shop.
(d) They owned a cafe.

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

11. Howard decided that ____________ would take the pillbox out.
(a) The bombers towing the gliders.
(b) The men of glider #1 minus Brotheridge's platoon.
(c) Howard and his platoon.
(d) The men of glider #4.

12. According to the plan, who would relieve Howard after his mission was accomplished?
(a) The 7th Para Battalion.
(b) The 23rd mechanized army.
(c) The 1st para division.
(d) The 8th Infantry division.

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

14. What glider was Bailey in?
(a) Glider #3.
(b) Glider #2.
(c) Glider #4.
(d) Glider #1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Howard know about the Gondrees?

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

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

4. Whose body was laying near the cafe?

5. What language besides French did Theresa speak?

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