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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Brigadier Poett land in Normandy in Chapter 5?
(a) 0156 hours
(b) 0019 hours.
(c) 1452 hours.
(d) 0026 hours.

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

5. What was Howard not allowed to do with the maps, photos, and his plan to take the bridges?
(a) Study them.
(b) Devise training plans from them.
(c) Leave the building.
(d) Sit with them at the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language besides French did Georges speak?

2. Where did the planners of the Allied invasion of Europe decide it would take place?

3. When did Howard have access to the documentation concerning the plan?

4. Who remembered seeing a body near the cafe?

5. How long did it take for the men in the glider to regain consciousness after the landing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John Howard and some from Company D volunteer for in 1942?

2. What did Howard do for Company D according to Ambrose?

3. What did Howard's assignment depend on according to Ambrose?

4. What happened by 0021 hours according to Chapter 5?

5. What did Poett tell Howard according to Ambrose?

6. What did Howard learn about the explosives, and what did he not know in Chapter 5?

7. What orders did Howard receive for May 2 in D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day?

8. What was the plan on which General Frederick Morgan worked according to Ambrose?

9. What was Major Hans Schmidt, the German commander, worried about according to Ambrose?

10. Why were glider troops used according to Ambrose?

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