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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) December, 1947.
(b) March, 1946.
(c) September, 1944.
(d) March, 1945.

2. What direction did Howard and his men start moving after being relieved?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

3. Who was with Major Smith when he was captured?
(a) His second in command.
(b) His driver.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His valet.

4. What was Von Luck's job after the war?
(a) Writer for the New York Times.
(b) Painter.
(c) Coffee importer in Hamburg.
(d) Construction worker in Berlin.

5. How many planes provided air cover to the allied landing troops?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Von Luck a POW?

2. What did Howard and his men hear near the canal bridge?

3. What happened on the bridges at 1000 hours on June 6th?

4. Where did Howard figure the paratroopers would start to land after the capture of the bridges?

5. What did the Gondrees know about the soldiers by the bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Howard's platoons repositioned?

2. What happened when the Warwickshire Regiment arrived?

3. What happened to von Luck?

4. What happened by 1800 hours according to Chapter 8, D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours?

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

6. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed, according to Ambrose?

7. Why was the Pegasus Bridge eventually replaced according to Ambrose?

8. What did the display lead the Germans to believe in Chapter 6?

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

10. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

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