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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How high are the French hedgerows?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 6-12 feet.
(c) 1.5 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

4. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
(a) Kraiss.
(b) Marcks.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Runderstat.

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

6. What are "Hobart's Funnies"?
(a) Pranks.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Subs.
(d) Tanks.

7. What do the Canadians give away to other troops because they expect to be evacuated?
(a) Rations.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Money.

8. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.
(a) Michigan.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Maine.
(d) Montana.

9. Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder is the leader of ___________.
(a) 82nd Airborne.
(b) Civil engineers.
(c) Ranger Company.
(d) Fighter pilots.

10. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?
(a) 2500.
(b) 6600.
(c) 3500.
(d) 9000.

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

12. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?
(a) Pointe-du-Hoc.
(b) Calias.
(c) Vierville.
(d) Les Moulins.

13. Where is the command post of General Bradley?
(a) USS Augusta.
(b) USS Texas.
(c) USS Savannah.
(d) USS Ancon.

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

15. The Atlantic Wall could be considered the greatest _________ in military history.
(a) Asset.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Feat.
(d) Blunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?

2. Who aids in the Allies holding Pegasus Bridge?

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

4. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.

5. How long does it take Ranger Company to get most of the men to the top of the cliffs at Omaha?

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