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

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, when had General George Marshall dictated would be the last day of the war?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) November 30.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) December 1.

5. How many years did Peiper serve in prison for war crimes?
(a) 8 years.
(b) Almost 12 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) About 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?

2. How many innocent people were rounded up after the assassination attempt on Hitler in July of 1944?

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

4. In Chapter 5, when did Roosevelt speak at Fenway Park?

5. In Chapter 1, how many bullets could the Browning Automatic Rifle fire per minute?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 12, when did the German advance stall and why?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what did the authors believe that the Germans were thinking before their attack?

3. In Chapter 12, what did Patton do on Christmas Day?

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

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

6. In the Prologue, how was Patton injured?

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

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

9. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how is Roosevelt described?

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

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