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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie did Howard consult on after the war?
(a) The Longest Day.
(b) D-Day.
(c) Pegasus Bridge.
(d) Saving Private Ryan.

2. Who from Company C was ordered to report to the beaches from Company D?
(a) The doctors.
(b) The glider pilots.
(c) Howard.
(d) The machine gunners.

3. Where was Howard traveling to according to Chapter 11?
(a) Whole of England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Europe and U.S.

4. Who held the bridges on June 6th?
(a) The 21st Panzer.
(b) The 1st Airborne.
(c) The 15th Scottish regiment.
(d) Company D and the 7th Battalion.

5. What was Howard instrumental in saving according to Ambrose?
(a) Romer's life.
(b) The name of the Pegasus Bridge.
(c) The Gondree's marriage.
(d) The Gondree's cafe.

6. What happened at dawn on June 6th?
(a) The end of the fighting in North Africa.
(b) Bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) The loss of Sicily.
(d) The seaborne invasion.

7. Who attended the celebrations for the capture of the Pegasus bridge prior to 1984 according to Chapter 11, D-Day Plus Forty Years to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?
(a) Howard and Gale alone.
(b) The public.
(c) Allied soldiers only.
(d) Only those who participated.

8. How many anti-tank weapons did Howard have?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

9. Who fired the Piat weapon?
(a) Brotheridge.
(b) Poett.
(c) Thornton.
(d) Howard.

10. What did Company D become after June 6?
(a) An infantry company.
(b) A mechanized company.
(c) It was disbanded.
(d) A tank company.

11. How prepared were Von Luck's men for such a situation according to Ambrose?
(a) Barely, Von Luck didn't have time to train.
(b) None, the division was on leave.
(c) Very, Von Luck's plans were made for such a situation.
(d) Barely, it was something Von Luck didn't anticipate.

12. Where were the planes and gliders at Oxford heading to?
(a) The Pacific.
(b) Arnhem.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

13. What was Company D given after returning to England?
(a) A night out.
(b) Leave.
(c) Double rations.
(d) A tour of London.

14. Who was with Major Smith when he was captured?
(a) His second in command.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His valet.
(d) His driver.

15. Whose accounts, beside those of the British troops, were used in the depiction of the action at the bridges?
(a) No other accounts were used.
(b) The Gondree's.
(c) Romer's, Hickman's, and Erwin's.
(d) The French resistance members.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sweeney and two other men find after being sent by Howard to reconnect with the regiment?

2. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?

3. What did Howard receive from the French after the war?

4. What increased as the day went by according to the start of Chapter 8, D-Day:1200 to 2400 Hours?

5. Where was Company D stationed after returning to England in Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?

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