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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the cafe become on June 6th?
(a) A command post.
(b) A rest area.
(c) A medical station.
(d) A battalion aid post.

2. Where did Howard try to be reassigned to after recuperating from his car accident?
(a) He asked to be discharged.
(b) Operation Market Garden.
(c) The final push in Berlin.
(d) The Pacific theater.

3. Where was Howard traveling when he had his car accident?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Weymouth.
(c) Hastings.
(d) London.

4. What happened on the bridges at 1000 hours on June 6th?
(a) A German fighter dropped a bomb.
(b) A German private surrender.
(c) Gardner was shot and killed.
(d) The 21st Panzer counter attack?

5. How long did Howard's men sleep on the night of June 6th to the 7th?
(a) Two hours.
(b) They had no sleep.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Ten hours.

6. What did the Germans decide to wait for before trying another counter attack?
(a) More troops.
(b) More ammunitions.
(c) Daylight.
(d) Their commanding officer.

7. What did Sweeney say he heard during a meeting about the current situation of the troops on the Pegasus bridge?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Flutes.
(c) Horns.
(d) Bagpipes.

8. When did Poett reach the bridge?
(a) 0014 hours.
(b) 0254 hours.
(c) 0315 hours.
(d) 0052 hours.

9. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed according to Ambrose?
(a) They couldn't find the Ranville church steeple.
(b) They didn't have their commanding officers.
(c) They were being shot at.
(d) They didn't have their communication gear.

10. Who relieved Company D at the end of June 6, 1944?
(a) The 12th Royal Regiment.
(b) The 2nd Mechanized Regiment.
(c) The 43rd Marine.
(d) The Warwickshite Regiment.

11. What did Howard use to guide paratroopers to the bridges?
(a) His whistle.
(b) His singing.
(c) A stolen machine gun.
(d) His cricket.

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

13. Where were the relief troops for the bridge supposed to come from?
(a) There was no relief planned.
(b) The French Resistance.
(c) The beaches.
(d) A para drop.

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

15. Where did Von Luck Panzer move toward on June 6?
(a) Caen.
(b) Renne.
(c) Lisieux.
(d) Benouville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following his car accident, Howard was hospitalized until __________________.

2. What did the Spitfire drop on the men at the bridges on the morning of June 6th?

3. Whom was Howard lecturing according to Chapter 11?

4. What did the paratroopers think was happening at the bridges?

5. Who held the bridges on June 6th?

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