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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What rank did Hans Schmidt hold in June,1944?
(a) Major.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.
2. What did Howard insist all the men in his company do?
(a) Train at hand to hand combat every day.
(b) Speak German.
(c) Participate in some kind of sport.
(d) Watch war movies.
3. According to the plan, who would relieve Howard after his mission was accomplished?
(a) The 8th Infantry division.
(b) The 1st para division.
(c) The 23rd mechanized army.
(d) The 7th Para Battalion.
4. Who joined the resistance in 1942?
(a) Von Luck.
(b) Howard.
(c) Julie Trousseau.
(d) The Gondrees.
5. What company was John Howard part of in 1942?
(a) A Company.
(b) T Company.
(c) D Company.
(d) C Company.
6. Where did Howard and his troops go for training according to Chapter 4?
(a) Devon.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Kent.
(d) Sussex.
7. What glider was Bailey in?
(a) Glider #1.
(b) Glider #2.
(c) Glider #3.
(d) Glider #4.
8. Who remembered seeing a body near the cafe?
(a) Poett.
(b) Wallwork.
(c) Parr.
(d) Howard.
9. Whose body was laying near the cafe?
(a) Schimdt's.
(b) Poett's.
(c) Brotheridge's.
(d) Romer's.
10. Where was Brotheridge hit?
(a) The leg.
(b) The neck.
(c) The hand.
(d) The back.
11. What did John Howard volunteer for in 1942?
(a) Airborne glider forces.
(b) Airborne paratroopers.
(c) Counter intelligence.
(d) Tank corp.
12. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?
(a) Hastings.
(b) Tarrant Rushton.
(c) Weymouth.
(d) Cork.
13. What was the first report Howard received after setting up his command post on the Canal Bridge?
(a) The arrival of the relieving company.
(b) Brotheridge being wounded.
(c) Brotheridge being dead.
(d) The arrival of Poet.
14. When was most of the resistance at the Canal bridge subdued?
(a) 0156 hours.
(b) 0021 hours.
(c) 0241 hours.
(d) 0056 hours.
15. What did Von Luck have his men do on May 29, 1944?
(a) Install more anti-air.
(b) Put anti-tank cannons in.
(c) Install machine guns.
(d) Dig holes for anti-glider poles.
Short Answer Questions
1. What role would the airborne division have during the invasion?
2. Who was shot in the leg trying to report the success of his mission to Howard?
3. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?
4. When did Brigadier Poett land in Normandy in Chapter 5?
5. What division was Von Luck commanding in the fall of 1943?
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