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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Easy Company's commanding officer in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(b) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.
(c) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(d) Captain Herbert Sobel.

2. What refers to a small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area?
(a) Foxhole.
(b) Wolf den.
(c) Bear den.
(d) Rat nest.

3. Who returned to Easy Company hoping for more action and sought revenge for Americans killed by German troops in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Private Terrence C. Harris.
(b) Private Paul E. Lamoureux.
(c) Private Sergio G. Moya.
(d) Private David Kenyon Webster.

4. What were the men treated to before shipping out on July 4, 1944?
(a) Beer.
(b) An exceptional meal.
(c) Showgirls.
(d) Letters from home.

5. Where did Easy Company board a train for in May, 1943?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Sturgis, Kentucky.
(c) Springfield, Missouri.
(d) Athens, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What soldier was sent home when the military realized that all three of his brothers were killed in action in Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?

2. What was the name of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division?

3. In Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944," the troops landed amidst confusion and were scattered over an area how large?

4. What caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?

5. In Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942" the author writes that never before had troops endured basic training at the same time as what training?

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