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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?
(a) French Resistance.
(b) British Navy.
(c) Canadian tanks.
(d) American paratroopers.

2. How many men are sent with Sgt. Harrison Summers to capture the German barracks WXYZ?
(a) 12.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 2.

3. How long does it take Ranger Company to get most of the men to the top of the cliffs at Omaha?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Thirty minutes.

4. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?
(a) Jahnke.
(b) Rundstedt.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Jodl.

5. How do most Americans get their news about the war?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Radio.
(c) Letters from the front.
(d) Movies.

6. How many men are under General Bradley's command?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 22,000.

7. The scene at Easy Red is likened to what?
(a) Operating room.
(b) Chicago slaughterhouse.
(c) Hollywood western.
(d) Bar brawl.

8. Who does D-Day portray as being cowardly?
(a) Coxswains.
(b) Bomber pilots.
(c) Paratroopers.
(d) Boat skippers.

9. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?
(a) Gestapo.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Russians.
(d) Death camps.

10. What does UDT stand for?
(a) Underwater Detonation Technique.
(b) Undercover Deception Timetable.
(c) Underwater Demolition Teams.
(d) Undercover Destroyer Teams.

11. Many of the medics on D-Day are actually what?
(a) Clerks.
(b) Women.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Volunteers.

12. What does OWI stand for?
(a) Official Work Interaction.
(b) Official War Information.
(c) Office of War Information.
(d) Office of War Interrogation.

13. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?
(a) 1800.
(b) 0600.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1200.

14. How long does it take the Germans to erect the Atlantic Wall?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 10 months.

15. What does "Nous Restons Ici" mean?
(a) Never surrender.
(b) We are staying here.
(c) We will remember.
(d) Never give up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?

2. What poet does Ambrose quote on the last page of the book?

3. What do the Canadians give away to other troops because they expect to be evacuated?

4. How many weeks after D-Day do the Allies capture Caen?

5. "Potato masher" is the troops' name for what?

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