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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
2. Ambrose starts the chapter about the home front with a story about boys from ________ getting ready to ship out.
3. How high are the French hedgerows?
4. What does the 12th Infantry, 8th Regiment worry about more than snipers as they try to meet up with the 82nd Airborne?
5. What causes most of the casualties on Utah Beach?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the "best ally" the Allies had lost by dawn of D-Day?
2. What are the Allies' mistakes during D-Day?
3. How is Omaha Beach constituted to give advantage to the Germans?
4. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?
5. How does World War II dramatically change the lives of women on the home front?
6. Who are the POWs that the 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment see being lead toward them at first light?
7. What happens to Capt. John Tillett and his prized carrier pigeons?
8. How does "Rangers Lead the Way" become an official motto?
9. How does Eisenhower describe his feelings to Walter Cronkite 20 years after the invasion?
10. What happens when a signalman mistakenly thinks the Vierville steeple is an observation point?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the unifying themes of the book.
Essay Topic 2
Is Ambrose a fair narrator, giving his momentous subject the historical perspective and personal touch it calls for?
Essay Topic 3
How does the image of a young soldier beside someone whose dead hand bobs, "Cornelia Otis Skinner's Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" capture the essence of what happened on D-day?
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