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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How many days did the bridge holding exercise given to Company D last?
(a) Two days.
(b) Nine days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

3. How many men was Poett able to locate immediately after his landing?
(a) 130 men.
(b) None.
(c) 20 men.
(d) 231 men.

4. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?
(a) 2nd Army.
(b) 1st Panzer Corp.
(c) 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
(d) 10th Panzer Regiment.

5. How many fatalities were there because of the landing in glider #1?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

6. What did Von Luck have his men do on May 29, 1944?
(a) Install more anti-air.
(b) Install machine guns.
(c) Dig holes for anti-glider poles.
(d) Put anti-tank cannons in.

7. Who remembered seeing a body near the cafe?
(a) Parr.
(b) Wallwork.
(c) Howard.
(d) Poett.

8. Where did the planners of the Allied invasion of Europe decide it would take place?
(a) Pas de Calais.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Sweden.

9. How did the man killed in glider #2 die?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He was shot by a German.
(d) He died from a head trauma.

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

11. When did Company D's glider take off?
(a) June 5th at 2245 hours.
(b) June 5th at 2256 hours.
(c) June 7th at 2345 hours.
(d) June 6th at 1243 hours.

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

13. Where was Brotheridge hit?
(a) The neck.
(b) The hand.
(c) The leg.
(d) The back.

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

15. What direction did Poett go after landing?
(a) The opposite direction of the shot he heard.
(b) The direction of Caen.
(c) The direction of the shot he heard.
(d) The direction the planes flying overhead were going.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Howard volunteer for in 1942?

2. What rank did Hans Schmidt hold in June,1944?

3. What rank did Helmet Romer have on June 5, 1944, according to Chapter 1?

4. Who was thrown out of the cockpit by the impact during landing?

5. Who was Von Luck commanding officer in 1942?

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