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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?
(a) Kasserine Pass.
(b) Ardennes.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Sicily.

2. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) Andrew Jackson Higgins.
(b) Henry Ransom Paulding.
(c) William Rockefeller.
(d) James Clark Wilson.

3. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Peat fields.
(b) Sand.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Oil.

4. What day are the two soldiers sent to the French coast to get secret soil samples by the Allies?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Christmas Eve.

5. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?
(a) 4000.
(b) 8000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the best tanks that the Germans produce called?

2. Who is the biggest advocate of the Oil Plan?

3. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?

4. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?

5. What is the landing site the Allies choose for the D-Day invasion?

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