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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. In Chapter 4, how long ago did the Germans attack the Russians?
(a) Five years.
(b) More than three years.
(c) About two years.
(d) One and a half years.

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

3. In Chapter 3, what were the only two ways that Eisenhower could manage the stress of command?
(a) Golf.
(b) Nicotine and caffeine.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Alcohol.

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

5. During the first attack on Driant, how many soldiers were killed or wounded?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Stalin's first language?

2. In Chapter 12, how many Sherman tanks had Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams had shot out from under him?

3. In Chapter 10, where were Joachim Peiper and his men trapped?

4. In Chapter 4, who was the ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya's lover?

5. In Chapter 8, what village was McAuliffe required to defend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why did Churchill meet with Stalin?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, what was Hitler doing to strike back at the Allies?

3. In Chapter 6, who was Col. Oscar Koch, and what did he do for Patton?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, why was Patton furious about the battle at Driant?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, why was Eisenhower troubled?

6. Who was William Donovan and what did he do for Roosevelt?

7. At the end of Chapter 2, what was Operation Greif?

8. What happened to Field Marshall Rommel in Chapter 2?

9. In The Prologue how is Beatrice, Patton's wife described?

10. In Chapter 5, why did the authors say that Roosevelt was not a man of the people?

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