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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, pgs. 119-127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?
(a) Cork.
(b) Tarrant Rushton.
(c) Weymouth.
(d) Hastings.

2. Howard decided that ____________ would take the pillbox out.
(a) The men of glider #4.
(b) The bombers towing the gliders.
(c) Howard and his platoon.
(d) The men of glider #1 minus Brotheridge's platoon.

3. Whose body was laying near the cafe?
(a) Brotheridge's.
(b) Poett's.
(c) Romer's.
(d) Schimdt's.

4. How far were most of the paratroopers from the bridges after their drop?
(a) 20 Kilometers.
(b) 15 Kilometers.
(c) 36 Kilometers.
(d) 50 Kilometers.

5. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?
(a) Sleeping Germans.
(b) French prisoners.
(c) Collaborators.
(d) A printing press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the men of Company D trained to do?

2. Where would the 5th Para Brigade drop according to Howard's orders?

3. Whose shot was heard by Poett?

4. When was most of the resistance at the Canal bridge subdued?

5. Who joined the resistance in 1942?

(see the answer key)

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