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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many Wehrmacht soldiers were located where the U.S. lines were the thinnest?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 150,000.

2. In Chapter 12 in Bastogne what type of building had been turned into a make-shift field hospital?
(a) Church.
(b) School.
(c) Library.
(d) Garage.

3. At the end of the efforts to take Fort Driant, how many casualties are there?
(a) 450.
(b) 610.
(c) 390.
(d) 800.

4. In Chapter 7, what celebrities were near the fighting when the Germans launched their attack in the Ardennes?
(a) Gene Tierney and Spencer Tracy.
(b) Abbott and Costello and Milton Berle.
(c) American baseball players and Marlene Dietrich.
(d) Humphrey Bogart and Eddie Cantor.

5. In Chapter 10, what did Hitler usually eat for lunch?
(a) Bread and jam.
(b) Vegetables and fruit.
(c) Steak and potatoes.
(d) Soup and salad.

6. In Chapter 7, what was the date when Operation Watch began?
(a) December 16.
(b) December 23.
(c) December 11.
(d) December 13.

7. How many hours into the battle for Fort Driant did Private Holmlund find himself standing atop Fort Driant?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2.5 hours.

8. In Chapter 7, who was General Patton's immediate superior?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Pershing.
(d) Bradley.

9. How many innocent people were rounded up after the assassination attempt on Hitler in July of 1944?
(a) More than 7,000.
(b) 6,900.
(c) About 8,000.
(d) 7,800.

10. In Chapter 9, how many tanks were traveling toward Bastogne?
(a) 146,000.
(b) 117,000.
(c) 129,000.
(d) 133,000.

11. At the end of Chapter 3, where was Hitler sending soldiers, tanks, and artillery?
(a) Holland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) Rhine.

12. When did Fort Driant surrender?
(a) December 3, 1944.
(b) November 18, 1944.
(c) November 30, 1944.
(d) December 8, 1944.

13. At the end of Chapter 11, in what countries were the Soviets fighting the Germans?
(a) Romania and Slovenia.
(b) Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
(c) Poland and Hungary.
(d) Croatia and Poland.

14. In Chapter 8, when did Patton say that he could attack with three divisions?
(a) December 23.
(b) December 22.
(c) December 20.
(d) December 21.

15. In Chapter 12, how many Sherman tanks had Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams had shot out from under him?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date at the beginning of the Prologue?

2. In Chapter 12 how many Germans did Pvt. James R. Hendrix get to surrender?

3. In Chapter 9, what was Patton's religious affiliation?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, what was the operation that Hitler was planning?

5. In Chapter 9, how far was Patton and the Third Army from Bastogne?

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