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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Howard learn about at the regiment headquarters?
(a) They landed on the wrong bridge.
(b) Pegasus bridge was destroyed shortly after their departure.
(c) The invasion was a success.
(d) Pegasus was a failure.

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

3. How long did Romer, Hickman, and Erwin hide before surrendering on June,1944?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 48 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 12 days.

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

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

6. Where was Howard living according to Chapter 11?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Norwich.
(c) Oxford.
(d) London.

7. Who attacked Company D as they moved toward Escoville?
(a) 2nd Panzer Grenadier.
(b) 21st Panzer Division.
(c) Panzer Lehr.
(d) 1st SS Panzer Division.

8. 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) The public.
(b) Allied soldiers only.
(c) Only those who participated.
(d) Howard and Gale alone.

9. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?
(a) Collaborators.
(b) A printing press.
(c) Sleeping Germans.
(d) French prisoners.

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

11. Where was Von Luck's division reassigned on August 21, 1944?
(a) South of France.
(b) The defense of Berlin.
(c) The Ardennes.
(d) Russia.

12. What did the French do to the bridge over the canal?
(a) Replaced it with a museum.
(b) Renamed it Pegasus Bridge.
(c) Renamed it Howard Bridge.
(d) Destroy it.

13. What did Howard and his men do when paratroopers arrived at the bridges?
(a) They used them as couriers.
(b) They deployed them immediately.
(c) They used them on the front line.
(d) They briefed them.

14. Where did the Gondrees spend the night according to Chapter 7, D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours?
(a) In their cellar.
(b) Treating wounded Allied soldiers.
(c) In their office.
(d) Serving German soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How prepared were Von Luck's men for such a situation according to Ambrose?

2. Who from Company C participated in operation Market Garden?

3. Who was with Major Smith when he was captured?

4. What was Company D given after returning to England?

5. What led the Germans to postpone their counter attack on the bridge according to Chapter 6?

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