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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What were the men of Easy Company initially greeted with in London in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Free beer and meals.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Cigarettes.
2. Why were all of the parachute drops across Europe canceled in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) German holiday.
(b) Ground armies had advanced.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) American holiday.
3. Who became the victim of several training exercise pranks that made him appear incompetent in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?
(a) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(b) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.
(d) Major Oliver M. Horton.
4. What refers to a small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area?
(a) Bear den.
(b) Wolf den.
(c) Rat nest.
(d) Foxhole.
5. What was the rally point to which Winters' men headed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bayonne.
(c) Ste. Marie-du-Mont.
(d) Caen.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Winters quickly find after landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
2. Captain Sobel was transferred to head a new what in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
3. What portion of parachute training were the men of the Easy Company excused from?
4. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
5. What refers to a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers or sailors against military or naval law?
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