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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Howard figure the paratroopers would start to land after the capture of the bridges?
(a) Ranville.
(b) Lisieux.
(c) Brest.
(d) Caen.

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

5. How many soldiers landed in Normandy on June 6th?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 254,000.
(c) 369,000.
(d) 127,000

6. What were Gardner, Bailey, Gray, and Parr trying to do at dawn on June 6th?
(a) Figure out why the Germans did not counterattack.
(b) Determine who was in charge.
(c) Figure out how to destroy the bridge.
(d) Figure out how to operate the German anti-tank gun.

7. How many ships where off the cost of Normandy on June 6th?
(a) 8,500.
(b) 7,500.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 5,000.

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

9. How long after the capture of the bridges did Howard anticipate the paratroopers would start to land according to Chapter 6, D-Day: 0026-0600 Hours?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

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

11. How far from the beaches did the British troops go on D-Day according to Chapter 9?
(a) To Brest.
(b) 150 km from the coast.
(c) To Lisieux.
(d) Not far beyond the Pegasus bridge.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Howard's special unit shrink after D-Day?

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

3. Who was the first allied soldier to die on D-Day?

4. 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?

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

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