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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 pillbox.
(b) The bridge sentries.
(c) The commanding officers.
(d) The anti tank guns.

2. When did Howard have access to the documentation concerning the plan?
(a) On Thursday between 5 and 6 p.m.
(b) Whenever he wanted.
(c) During business hours.
(d) Every week day.

3. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?
(a) 1st Panzer Corp.
(b) 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
(c) 10th Panzer Regiment.
(d) 2nd Army.

4. When was most of the resistance at the Canal bridge subdued?
(a) 0241 hours.
(b) 0156 hours.
(c) 0056 hours.
(d) 0021 hours.

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

6. What was the 6th airborne doing in 1943?
(a) Fighting the Germans.
(b) Fighting in the Pacific.
(c) Continuing their training.
(d) Taking general leave.

7. What did Bailey and other men do at the bridge as the attack started?
(a) Hid.
(b) Jumped in the river.
(c) Threw grenades into the pillbox.
(d) Died.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where was the 6th Airborne slated to deploy during the invasion?
(a) East of the Orne River.
(b) West of Caen.
(c) South of Lisieux.
(d) North of Bagnolet.

14. Who was Von Luck commanding officer in 1942?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Guderian.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Himler.

15. What did Howard insist all the men in his company do?
(a) Watch war movies.
(b) Participate in some kind of sport.
(c) Train at hand to hand combat every day.
(d) Speak German.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take for the men in the glider to regain consciousness after the landing?

3. Where was the 1st Airborne stationed in 1943?

4. Howard decided that ____________ would take the pillbox out.

5. When did Company D's glider take off?

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