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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. What did Howard use to guide paratroopers to the bridges?
(a) His whistle.
(b) A stolen machine gun.
(c) His singing.
(d) His cricket.

2. What did the British paratroopers find in the tunnels?
(a) French prisoners.
(b) Collaborators.
(c) Sleeping Germans.
(d) A printing press.

3. What time did Howard finish setting up his defensive position around the bridge?
(a) 0115 hours.
(b) 0235 hours.
(c) 0245 hours,
(d) 0015 hours.

4. What did Howard and his men do when paratroopers arrived at the bridges?
(a) They deployed them immediately.
(b) They used them on the front line.
(c) They briefed them.
(d) They used them as couriers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Allies secure Benouville?

2. For how long was Von Luck a POW?

3. Where was Von Luck's division reassigned on August 21, 1944?

4. Where did Von Luck Panzer move toward on June 6?

5. Where did Howard try to be reassigned to after recuperating from his car accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Howard's platoons repositioned?

2. Why was Howard's special unit shrinking?

3. Why did Sweeney hear the sound of bagpipes?

4. What have movies depicted, according to Ambrose?

5. What happened by 1800 hours according to Chapter 8, D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours?

6. What happened between the Germans and Howard's troops, according to Ambrose?

7. What does Ambrose say of the villages of Benouville and Ranville?

8. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

9. What happened to von Luck?

10. Why was the morale of men low according to Ambrose?

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