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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Von Luck's job after the war?

2. What were Gardner, Bailey, Gray, and Parr trying to do at dawn on June 6th?

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

4. What was Company D's function after they were relieved by the paratrooper Battalion?

5. Who fired the Piat weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

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

3. Why did Sweeney hear the sound of bagpipes?

4. Why were Howard's platoons repositioned?

5. What does Ambrose say of the villages of Benouville and Ranville?

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

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

8. What did General Gale do after he arrived at 0900 hours?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine mistakes or misconceptions made by the Germans as the Allies invaded and took the bridges. Discuss how this contributed to the success of the mission. Use the text to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Major Schmidt and his concerns about the partisans. Examine how his concerns about the partisans rather than the Allied invasion affected the outcome of the Pegasus Bridge mission and examine the impact on the Germans.

Essay Topic 3

Code words and signals were used among the Allied forces to spread information about the status of the bridge. Examine the use of code words and signals and discuss how these benefited or did not benefit Allied advancement in the early hours of the Allied invasion.

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