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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was thrown out of the cockpit by the impact during landing?
(a) Poett and Gale.
(b) Wallwork and Ainsworth.
(c) Howard and Wallwork.
(d) Wallwork and Poett.

2. Where was the 6th Airborne slated to deploy during the invasion?
(a) South of Lisieux.
(b) North of Bagnolet.
(c) West of Caen.
(d) East of the Orne River.

3. How many platoon leaders were out of action after securing the bridges?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. Where was the 6th Airborne stationed in 1943?
(a) England.
(b) North Africa.
(c) U.S.A.
(d) Guam.

5. When did Brigadier Poett land in Normandy in Chapter 5?
(a) 0026 hours.
(b) 1452 hours.
(c) 0156 hours
(d) 0019 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the difference between the training regiment of the men and that of the officers?

2. Who joined the resistance in 1942?

3. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?

4. Who visited Company D at the beginning of June,1944?

5. Howard decided that ____________ would take the pillbox out.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who ran the cafe in town, and what did the Germans not know about them?

2. What orders did Howard receive for May 2 in D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day?

3. Where was von Luck in 1942?

4. What did Howard discover from the reports and photos?

5. What was the plan on which General Frederick Morgan worked according to Ambrose?

6. What was Howard doing to his men according to Ambrose and how did it end up helping them?

7. What was Major Hans Schmidt, the German commander, worried about according to Ambrose?

8. What did the British create in 1942 according to Chapter 2, D-Day Minus Two Years?

9. Why were some men dropped according to Ambrose?

10. What happened to Wallwork and Ainsworth at the start of Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours?

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