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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945.

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) Cigarettes.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Free beer and meals.
(d) Chocolate.

2. What tanks arrived at Easy Company's location after the successful invasion on D-Day?
(a) British Valentines.
(b) British Vickers.
(c) Italian Semoventes.
(d) American Sherman tanks.

3. Points were awarded based on amount of time in active duty, whether the soldier was married, and what?
(a) Medals.
(b) Amount of leave time.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) If they had Children.

4. Where did Easy Company continue to lead the march in Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944"?
(a) Naples.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Neunen.
(d) Naperville.

5. Who was shot in the neck by a German soldier and paralyzed when the opposing line attempted to break through in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?
(a) Corporal Hoobler.
(b) Corporal Mellet.
(c) Corporal Gordon.
(d) Corporal Dukeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Winters order to take command of Easy Company after Dike stopped the line of advance in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?

2. Bastogne is a town in what country?

3. How many German troops did Winters' group encounter sitting to rest in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

4. What holiday had the men of Easy Company been looking forward to before being ordered to Bastogne?

5. Who transferred Winters out of Easy Company as the battalion mess officer in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

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