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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visited Company D at the beginning of June,1944?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Montgomery and Gale.
(c) General Gale.
(d) The queen.

2. What language besides French did Theresa speak?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Russian.

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

4. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

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

7. Howard decided that the men from glider #2 would ________________.
(a) Destroy the pillbox.
(b) Clear the banks.
(c) Find the German radio.
(d) Find the German officers.

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

9. Where was the 1st Airborne stationed in 1943?
(a) Guam.
(b) North Africa.
(c) England.
(d) U.S.A.

10. When did the plan say the paratroopers should arrive at the bridges?
(a) 0230 hours.
(b) 0425 hours.
(c) 0015 hours.
(d) 0125 hours.

11. What skills did the training of Company D focus on?
(a) Naval warfare.
(b) Heave infantry.
(c) Light infantry.
(d) Tank driving.

12. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?
(a) Hastings.
(b) Cork.
(c) Tarrant Rushton.
(d) Weymouth.

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

14. How far from the Pegasus Bridge did the gliders containing the Allied forced need to land according to the plan?
(a) 3000 meters.
(b) 600 meters.
(c) 400 meters.
(d) 20 meters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was fired by the bridge sentry after they spotted potential paratroops?

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

4. How many fatalities were there because of the landing in glider #1?

5. Who was on duty on the canal bridge when the gliders landed?

(see the answer keys)

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