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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who fired the Piat weapon?
(a) Howard.
(b) Poett.
(c) Brotheridge.
(d) Thornton.
2. What did the Spitfire drop on the men at the bridges on the morning of June 6th?
(a) Early editions of the London Papers.
(b) 250 pound bombs.
(c) Food.
(d) Cigarettes.
3. 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) Allied soldiers only.
(b) Only those who participated.
(c) The public.
(d) Howard and Gale alone.
4. What was highly publicized and celebrated?
(a) The 40th anniversary of the capture of the bridge.
(b) The promotion of Howard to General.
(c) The 50th anniversary of the capture of the bridge.
(d) The death of Romer.
5. The music Sweeney heard was supposed to be__________________.
(a) A retreat signal.
(b) A victory signal.
(c) A surrender signal.
(d) A signal between Howard and Lovat.
6. Where did Howard figure the paratroopers would start to land after the capture of the bridges?
(a) Lisieux.
(b) Ranville.
(c) Caen.
(d) Brest.
7. What happened to the Panzers as soon as they were spotted?
(a) They were let go.
(b) They were attacked by the resistance.
(c) They were shelled.
(d) They were stopped by bombers.
8. Whom was Howard lecturing according to Chapter 11?
(a) NATO Cadets.
(b) History researchers.
(c) British Cadets.
(d) Post grad history students.
9. Where did Romer, Hickman, and Erwin hide before surrendering on June,1944?
(a) In a sewage pipe.
(b) In the canal.
(c) In bushes.
(d) In a church.
10. What increased as the day went by according to the start of Chapter 8, D-Day:1200 to 2400 Hours?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Death.
(c) The need for food.
(d) Injuries.
11. What were Gardner, Bailey, Gray, and Parr trying to do at dawn on June 6th?
(a) Determine who was in charge.
(b) Figure out how to destroy the bridge.
(c) Figure out how to operate the German anti-tank gun.
(d) Figure out why the Germans did not counterattack.
12. What did the German resistance force the British troops to do in the weeks following the invasion of Europe?
(a) Choose another route to Germany.
(b) Go in defensive mode.
(c) Retreat.
(d) Attack harder.
13. What led the Germans to postpone their counter attack on the bridge according to Chapter 6?
(a) The loss of most of their ammunition.
(b) They were not at full strength.
(c) The loss of their commanding officer.
(d) The attack on their tank.
14. What did the Gondrees learn when the soldiers knocked on their door?
(a) They could not be trusted.
(b) They were German.
(c) They were American.
(d) They were British.
15. What did the Germans decide to wait for before trying another counter attack?
(a) Daylight.
(b) Their commanding officer.
(c) More troops.
(d) More ammunitions.
Short Answer Questions
1. Following his car accident, Howard was hospitalized until __________________.
2. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?
3. What was Howard instrumental in saving according to Ambrose?
4. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed according to Ambrose?
5. Who was with Major Smith when he was captured?
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