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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years, pgs. 164-173.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the men of Company D trained to do?
(a) Report to their commanding officer before making a decision.
(b) Analyze the situation before making a decision.
(c) Think quick and be physically fit.
(d) Be strong at hand combat exclusively.

3. How far from the Pegasus Bridge did the gliders containing the Allied forced need to land according to the plan?
(a) 3000 meters.
(b) 20 meters.
(c) 600 meters.
(d) 400 meters.

4. What rank did Helmet Romer have on June 5, 1944, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Major.
(c) Private.
(d) Corporal.

5. What was lost during the paratroop drop on June 6?
(a) Their anti-tank guns.
(b) The communications equipment.
(c) Their light ammunition.
(d) Their water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How prepared were Von Luck's men for such a situation according to Ambrose?

2. What division was Von Luck commanding in the fall of 1943?

3. Who was piloting one of the gliders according to Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours?

4. Who joined the resistance in 1942?

5. Howard decided the men from glider #3 would ____________.

(see the answer key)

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