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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. What did the Germans decide to wait for before trying another counter attack?
(a) Daylight.
(b) More troops.
(c) More ammunitions.
(d) Their commanding officer.

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

3. Where were the tunnels the paratroopers started to explore after securing the bridges?
(a) South of the Cafe.
(b) Under the bridges.
(c) Under the anti-tank guns.
(d) Under the road.

4. Whose accounts, beside those of the British troops, were used in the depiction of the action at the bridges?
(a) Romer's, Hickman's, and Erwin's.
(b) The Gondree's.
(c) The French resistance members.
(d) No other accounts were used.

5. How many complete glider groups were present when Howard called for a platoon leader meeting?
(a) One complete glider group.
(b) Three complete glider groups.
(c) No complete glider groups.
(d) Two complete glider groups.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who attacked Company D as they moved toward Escoville?

3. Why was the old Pegasus Bridge replaced?

4. Where was Howard traveling to according to Chapter 11?

5. What led the Germans to postpone their counter attack on the bridge according to Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Sweeney hear the sound of bagpipes?

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

4. Who renamed the canal bridge? What was the new name?

5. What did von Luck want to do according to Chapter 6?

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

7. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

8. Why did the British forces go into defensive mode in Chapter 9, D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety?

9. Why was the morale of men low according to Ambrose?

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

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