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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 was the best time that Churchill's driver could make from Down Street to Chequers?
(a) 70 minutes.
(b) 65 minutes.
(c) 50 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. How many errors did a typist, Elizabeth Layton, make in a 27-page speech?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. When did the French sign an armistice with Hitler?
(a) June 28.
(b) June 20.
(c) June 22.
(d) June 30.

4. How many sorties did the Luftwaffe fly on August 15?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 1,100.

5. During the second raid on Berlin, how many died and were wounded?
(a) 5 died and 18 were wounded.
(b) 10 died and 21 were wounded.
(c) 11 died and 9 were wounded.
(d) 17 died and 6 were wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Churchill order the start of Operation Dynamo?

2. By what time on August 13 did the RAF have more than 100 fighters airborne?

3. For shooting down how many aircraft was Adolf Galland, German ace, awarded a third Knight's Cross in July of 1940?

4. During World War I, when were the first bombs dropped from German zeppelins over England and Scotland?

5. How men died on the Bretagne on July 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some terms of the French armistice?

2. What did Churchill bring to No 10 Downing Street when he was made prime minister, and what was his challenge?

3. What happened to the bits of metal that filled the skies in August?

4. Who was Adolf Galland?

5. How was Churchill able to sleep?

6. What was the Spitfire fund, and who were the first to contribute?

7. On June 29, what place did the Germans seize and occupy?

8. On September 7, where did Goring and two senior Luftwaffe officer go and why?

9. What was Chequers?

10. What was the reaction to a National Day of Prayer proposed for September 8, 1940?

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