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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What becomes the objective of the 1st Army Division?
(a) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(b) Vierville.
(c) Colleville.
(d) Pouppeville.
2. Where is the one German general who would have disobeyed Hitler and launched a tank counter attack?
(a) With his girlfriend.
(b) In jail.
(c) Dead.
(d) Visiting his wife.
3. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?
(a) Presidental Award.
(b) Distinguished Service Cross.
(c) Congressional Medal of Honor.
(d) Purple Heart.
4. In the closing paragraph of the book, Eisenhower says D-Day was fought for __________.
(a) Glory.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Conquest.
(d) Destiny.
5. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?
(a) Russians.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Death camps.
6. What accidentally gets eaten in England before they can be put aboard a plane to Normandy?
(a) Doves.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Pigeons.
7. How many men are under General Bradley's command?
(a) 22,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 35,000.
8. What does LCA stand for?
(a) Landing Craft Advisory.
(b) Landing Craft Auxillery.
(c) Landing Craft, Assault.
(d) Landing Craft, Assurance.
9. What is the name for the naval demolition teams?
(a) Bombadiers.
(b) Washers.
(c) Scuttles.
(d) Seabees.
10. How do most Americans get their news about the war?
(a) Letters from the front.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Movies.
(d) Radio.
11. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?
(a) Paratroopers.
(b) Boat skippers.
(c) Bomber pilots.
(d) Coxswains.
12. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?
(a) Calias.
(b) Vierville.
(c) Les Moulins.
(d) Pointe-du-Hoc.
13. What do the troops use to blow holes in the barbed wire?
(a) Rockets.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Banglores.
(d) Rifles.
14. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?
(a) A moonscape.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Cow pastures.
(d) Wheat fields.
15. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.
(a) Point-du-Hoc.
(b) Vierville.
(c) Les Moulins.
(d) Calais.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the command post of General Bradley?
2. What do the troops call their inflatable life vests?
3. What are "Hobart's Funnies"?
4. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?
5. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
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