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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?
(a) May 10.
(b) May 30.
(c) May 5.
(d) May 15.

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

3. How many days after D-Day does Germany's premier tank division arrive at the French coast?
(a) 17.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

4. What is the date that Eisenhower originally sets for D-Day?
(a) June 4.
(b) June 6.
(c) June 7.
(d) June 5.

5. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?
(a) Condoms.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The paratroopers gain a fearsome appearance with what?

2. By nightfall on D-Day, there are 25,000 men ashore at the cost of how many casualties?

3. What are B-26s known as?

4. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?

5. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?

(see the answer key)

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