Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 Test | Final Test - Easy

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fired the Piat weapon?
(a) Thornton.
(b) Poett.
(c) Brotheridge.
(d) Howard.

2. What was Company D given after returning to England?
(a) Double rations.
(b) A tour of London.
(c) Leave.
(d) A night out.

3. How many planes provided air cover to the allied landing troops?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 4,000.

4. Where did the Gondrees spend the night according to Chapter 7, D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours?
(a) Treating wounded Allied soldiers.
(b) In their cellar.
(c) In their office.
(d) Serving German soldiers.

5. What was made depicting the action at the bridges?
(a) Books.
(b) Children stories.
(c) Numerous movies.
(d) Comic books.

6. Where did Howard figure the paratroopers would start to land after the capture of the bridges?
(a) Caen.
(b) Lisieux.
(c) Ranville.
(d) Brest.

7. Who lit flares to guide the paratroopers to their drop zones?
(a) Path locators.
(b) Pathfinders.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Renegade German soldiers.

8. When was Caen liberated?
(a) December, 1944.
(b) June, 1944.
(c) August, 1944.
(d) January, 1945.

9. Whose accounts, beside those of the British troops, were used in the depiction of the action at the bridges?
(a) Romer's, Hickman's, and Erwin's.
(b) The Gondree's.
(c) The French resistance members.
(d) No other accounts were used.

10. What did the Gondrees learn when the soldiers knocked on their door?
(a) They were British.
(b) They were American.
(c) They were German.
(d) They could not be trusted.

11. When did Howard retire?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1985.

12. Where did Howard try to be reassigned to after recuperating from his car accident?
(a) The final push in Berlin.
(b) He asked to be discharged.
(c) The Pacific theater.
(d) Operation Market Garden.

13. How many fatalities were suffered by the time Howard called for a platoon leader meeting?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

14. When did Poett reach the bridge?
(a) 0014 hours.
(b) 0052 hours.
(c) 0254 hours.
(d) 0315 hours.

15. Where was Company D stationed after returning to England in Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?
(a) Torquay.
(b) Essex.
(c) Bulford.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Howard finish setting up his defensive position around the bridge?

2. How long did Howard's men sleep on the night of June 6th to the 7th?

3. For how long was Von Luck a POW?

4. What did Howard and his men hear near the canal bridge?

5. Whom was Howard lecturing according to Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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