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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for the naval demolition teams?
(a) Scuttles.
(b) Seabees.
(c) Bombadiers.
(d) Washers.

2. How long do the Canadians spend in Normandy?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three days.
(d) Six days.

3. What do the troops call their inflatable life vests?
(a) Mae Wests.
(b) Debbies.
(c) Pin-ups.
(d) Marilyns.

4. The 5th Ranger Battalion sets up its command post outside of __________.
(a) Point-du-Hoc.
(b) Calais.
(c) Vierville.
(d) Les Moulins.

5. What has knocked out Jahnke's fortifications at Exit 2?
(a) Liberators.
(b) Marauders.
(c) Flying Fortresses.
(d) Freedom Fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?

2. Where is the one German general who would have disobeyed Hitler and launched a tank counter attack?

3. What is the code name for the two Allied submarines that cross the Channel two days early?

4. What is the 5th Ranger Battalion's objective?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

2. What happens to Capt. John Tillett and his prized carrier pigeons?

3. How is Omaha Beach constituted to give advantage to the Germans?

4. How does World War II dramatically change the lives of women on the home front?

5. How do the warships contribute to D-Day?

6. How do the Canadian divisions fare on Juno Beach?

7. What happens when a signalman mistakenly thinks the Vierville steeple is an observation point?

8. What are the Allies' mistakes during D-Day?

9. Why do the Rangers of the 116th A Company quickly lose their cockiness as they approach Omaha Beach?

10. Why do the Germans surrender Utah beach?

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