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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. To whom did Georges and Theresa Gondree provide information?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Allies.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Spaniards.

2. How many days did the bridge holding exercise given to Company D last?
(a) Nine days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three days.

3. Howard decided that the men from glider #2 would ________________.
(a) Destroy the pillbox.
(b) Clear the banks.
(c) Find the German officers.
(d) Find the German radio.

4. How far from the Pegasus Bridge did the gliders containing the Allied forced need to land according to the plan?
(a) 20 meters.
(b) 600 meters.
(c) 3000 meters.
(d) 400 meters.

5. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?
(a) 2nd Army.
(b) 10th Panzer Regiment.
(c) 1st Panzer Corp.
(d) 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?

2. What language besides French did Theresa speak?

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

4. What glider was Bailey in?

5. Whose shot was heard by Poett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the platoon leaders according to Ambrose?

2. What happened by 0021 hours according to Chapter 5?

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

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

5. What did John Howard and some from Company D volunteer for in 1942?

6. What did Poett tell Howard according to Ambrose?

7. What did Howard's assignment depend on according to Ambrose?

8. What did Howard tell his men when Company D moved to Tarrant Rushton at the end of May?

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

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

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