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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sweeney and two other men find after being sent by Howard to reconnect with the regiment?
(a) A stray puppy.
(b) A German General.
(c) A German armored vehicle.
(d) A group of lost para troopers.

2. When did Howard retire?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1985.

3. What was Company D's function after they were relieved by the paratrooper Battalion?
(a) Right flank cover.
(b) Left flank cover.
(c) Intelligence Company.
(d) Reserve company.

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

5. 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 attack on their tank.
(d) The loss of their commanding officer.

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

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

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

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

10. Where was Company D stationed after returning to England in Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?
(a) London.
(b) Essex.
(c) Torquay.
(d) Bulford.

11. Where did Romer, Hickman, and Erwin hide before surrendering on June,1944?
(a) In the canal.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a sewage pipe.
(d) In bushes.

12. Where did the Panzers move from on June 6?
(a) Lisieux.
(b) St. Maran.
(c) Caen.
(d) Brest.

13. How many complete glider groups were present when Howard called for a platoon leader meeting?
(a) One complete glider group.
(b) No complete glider groups.
(c) Two complete glider groups.
(d) Three complete glider groups.

14. Where were the tunnels the paratroopers started to explore after securing the bridges?
(a) South of the Cafe.
(b) Under the bridges.
(c) Under the road.
(d) Under the anti-tank guns.

15. What did the paratroopers think was happening at the bridges?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Heavy fighting.
(c) Company D's capture.
(d) Light fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers landed in Normandy on June 6th?

2. Where were the relief troops for the bridge supposed to come from?

3. When did Poett reach the bridge?

4. Who held the bridges on June 6th?

5. What did the French do to the bridge over the canal?

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