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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the planners of the Allied invasion of Europe decide it would take place?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Pas de Calais.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Belgium.

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

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

5. How far were most of the paratroopers from the bridges after their drop?
(a) 50 Kilometers.
(b) 36 Kilometers.
(c) 20 Kilometers.
(d) 15 Kilometers.

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

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

8. What was Howard not allowed to do with the maps, photos, and his plan to take the bridges?
(a) Study them.
(b) Devise training plans from them.
(c) Sit with them at the building.
(d) Leave the building.

9. Howard decided the men from glider #3 would ____________.
(a) Interrogate German prisoners.
(b) Reinforce Brotheridge.
(c) Destroy the Benouville cafe.
(d) Clear the bodies.

10. 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) The arrival of Poet.
(c) Brotheridge being wounded.
(d) Brotheridge being dead.

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

12. What company was John Howard part of in 1942?
(a) C Company.
(b) D Company.
(c) A Company.
(d) T Company.

13. How long did it take for the men in the glider to regain consciousness after the landing?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) Four hours.
(c) A few seconds.
(d) Two days.

14. Where would the 5th Para Brigade drop according to Howard's orders?
(a) South of Brequencon.
(b) North East of Ranville.
(c) East of Goutainville.
(d) North of Caen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men was Poett able to locate immediately after his landing?

2. What division was Von Luck commanding in the fall of 1943?

3. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?

4. What was the difference between the training regiment of the men and that of the officers?

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

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