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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 Sweeney and two other men find after being sent by Howard to reconnect with the regiment?
(a) A stray puppy.
(b) A group of lost para troopers.
(c) A German General.
(d) A German armored vehicle.

2. Who from Company C was ordered to report to the beaches from Company D?
(a) Howard.
(b) The glider pilots.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The machine gunners.

3. How many ships where off the cost of Normandy on June 6th?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 8,500.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 7,500.

4. Following his car accident, Howard was hospitalized until __________________.
(a) March, 1945.
(b) September, 1944.
(c) March, 1946.
(d) December, 1947.

5. What direction did Howard and his men start moving after being relieved?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the morale of Howard's men low after D-Day?

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

3. What was highly publicized and celebrated?

4. Who held the bridges on June 6th?

5. When was Caen liberated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Gondres spend the night in the cellar, according to Chapter 7, D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours?

2. What did General Gale do after he arrived at 0900 hours?

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

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

5. Why did Sweeney hear the sound of bagpipes?

6. What happened to von Luck?

7. What did the paratroopers think according to Ambrose?

8. What happened when the Warwickshire Regiment arrived?

9. In what endeavor was Howard instrumental?

10. What have movies depicted, according to Ambrose?

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