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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. Following his car accident, Howard was hospitalized until __________________.
(a) September, 1944.
(b) March, 1945.
(c) December, 1947.
(d) March, 1946.

2. What did Georges Gondree dig up from his garden?
(a) A detailed map of German positions.
(b) 98 bottles of champagne.
(c) 65 bottles of cider.
(d) A pot of gold.

3. Who held the bridges on June 6th?
(a) The 21st Panzer.
(b) Company D and the 7th Battalion.
(c) The 15th Scottish regiment.
(d) The 1st Airborne.

4. What did Sweeney say he heard during a meeting about the current situation of the troops on the Pegasus bridge?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Horns.
(c) Flutes.
(d) Bagpipes.

5. What did the Gondrees know about the soldiers by the bridge?
(a) They were Germans.
(b) They were American.
(c) They were British.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Howard's men sleep on the night of June 6th to the 7th?

2. Where did Romer, Hickman, and Erwin hide before surrendering on June,1944?

3. What did the cafe become on June 6th?

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

5. What increased as the day went by according to the start of Chapter 8, D-Day:1200 to 2400 Hours?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Howard after his leave, according to Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?

2. Why was Howard's special unit shrinking?

3. Why did the Gondres spend the night in the cellar, according to Chapter 7, D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours?

4. What happened in August and September according to Chapter 9, D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety?

5. What did Howard turn his attention toward at the beginning of Chapter 6, D-Day: 0026 - 0600 Hours?

6. What happened starting in 1984, according to Chapter 11, D-Day Plus Forty Years to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?

7. What happened between the Germans and Howard's troops, according to Ambrose?

8. Why did Sweeney hear the sound of bagpipes?

9. Who was the first Allied soldier to be killed on D-Day?

10. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

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