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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours, pgs. 88-97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the 6th Airborne stationed in 1943?
(a) Guam.
(b) North Africa.
(c) England.
(d) U.S.A.

2. What was issued to the men of Company D on May 29, 1944?
(a) The escape aid kits.
(b) Their cyanide capsule.
(c) Their map of the Pegasus bridge area.
(d) The rifles.

3. What was the name of the local resistance leader?
(a) Bion.
(b) Cabu.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Vion.

4. What division was Von Luck commanding in the fall of 1943?
(a) 43rd Grenadier division.
(b) 21st Panzer Division.
(c) Panzer Lehr.
(d) 1st Panzer.

5. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Very well in Europe, but not in the Pacific.
(b) Very well in North Africa, but not in Europe.
(c) Very well everywhere.
(d) Not well everywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bridges did General Gale decide should be taken intact?

2. Who joined the resistance in 1942?

3. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?

4. Where would the 3rd Para Brigade drop according to Howard's orders?

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

(see the answer key)

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