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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, D-Day Minus One Year to D-Day Minus One Month, pgs. 46-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the 6th Airborne slated to deploy during the invasion?
(a) North of Bagnolet.
(b) East of the Orne River.
(c) South of Lisieux.
(d) West of Caen.

2. Whom did Helmet Romer relieve?
(a) Zigfried.
(b) Vern Bonck.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Helmert.

3. What canal did the Pegasus Bridge span?
(a) Seine.
(b) Caen.
(c) Rhone.
(d) Loire.

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

5. What was the 6th airborne doing in 1943?
(a) Continuing their training.
(b) Fighting in the Pacific.
(c) Taking general leave.
(d) Fighting the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did George and Theresa Gondree do for a living?

2. What language besides French did Georges speak?

3. How many days did the bridge holding exercise given to Company D last?

4. Where was Hans Schmidt on the evening of June 5?

5. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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