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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lieutenant Winters and ten other men receive at the end of Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?
(a) The Distinguished Service Cross citation.
(b) The Medal of Honor.
(c) The Silver Star.
(d) The Gold Star.

2. What marked the date that the 506th parachute infantry regiment officially joined the 101st Airborne Division?
(a) December 14, 1941.
(b) June 10, 1943.
(c) January 3, 1944.
(d) April 22, 1942.

3. Who took over as Commanding Officer of Easy Company after their current commander was shot in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) First Lieutenant Raymond G. Schmitz.
(b) First Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.
(c) First Lieutenant Roy Paul Gates.
(d) First Lieutenant Norman S. Dike, Jr.

4. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?
(a) May, 1944.
(b) August, 1945.
(c) April, 1944.
(d) March, 1944.

5. What were the troops given for the first time when they flew out for D-Day in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Live ammunitiom.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Handguns.
(d) Airsickness pills.

6. Growing dissatisfaction with Sobel's lack of tactical skill made some officers consider approaching who about the problem in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.
(b) Colonel Sink.
(c) Major Clarence Hester.
(d) Major Oliver M. Horton.

7. What introduction from the British was meant to separate from the leg and fall where the paratrooper would land?
(a) Leg bags.
(b) Waist belts.
(c) Crotch huggers.
(d) Calf bands.

8. What did Winters later receive for his actions on D-Day?
(a) A glazed ham.
(b) The Silver Star.
(c) The Bronze Triangle.
(d) The Purple Heart.

9. When did the Easy Company complete basic training?
(a) November, 1942.
(b) March, 1943.
(c) January, 1943.
(d) October, 1942.

10. When Winters was promoted in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944" it had been how long since his previous promotion?
(a) 26 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

11. What caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?
(a) Hail storms.
(b) Flocks of birds.
(c) Cloud banks.
(d) Lightning.

12. What was the name of the risky and vital operation Easy Company was assigned to in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Goat-Cart.
(b) Shopkeep-Ladder.
(c) Market-Garden.
(d) Church-Fisherman.

13. The objective of Market-Garden was to take control of what?
(a) Airports and bus stations.
(b) Roads and bridges.
(c) Peaks and valleys.
(d) Runways and towers.

14. What percentage of Easy Company's regiment completed the first jump in parachute training?
(a) 82.
(b) 94.
(c) 100.
(d) 98.

15. What portion of parachute training were the men of the Easy Company excused from?
(a) Psychological training.
(b) Sleep deprivation.
(c) Physical training.
(d) Parachute packing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," Easy Company moved to reserve status and was tasked with what?

4. Where did Easy Company's regiment move in March, 1943?

5. Who in the narrative stands out as the protagonist?

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