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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 Silver Star.
(b) The Distinguished Service Cross citation.
(c) The Medal of Honor.
(d) The Gold Star.
2. 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 Sergio G. Moya.
(b) Private David Kenyon Webster.
(c) Private Terrence C. Harris.
(d) Private Paul E. Lamoureux.
3. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Montana Beach.
(b) Arizona Beach.
(c) Alaska Beach.
(d) Utah Beach.
4. What introduction from the British was meant to separate from the leg and fall where the paratrooper would land?
(a) Leg bags.
(b) Calf bands.
(c) Crotch huggers.
(d) Waist belts.
5. Who spied the vast number of ships and boats in the invading fleet and became awestruck in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Gordon Carson.
(b) William F. Kiehn.
(c) Clancy Odel Lyall.
(d) Leo D. Boyle.
6. The Island in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944" was surrounded by what?
(a) Diseased seabirds.
(b) Enbankments.
(c) Seals.
(d) Jagged rocks.
7. 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"?
(a) Walter L. Hendrix.
(b) Fritz Niland.
(c) Earl Ervin McClung.
(d) Robert Burr Smith.
8. Who in the narrative stands out as the protagonist?
(a) JB Stokes.
(b) Herbert Sobel.
(c) Dick Winters.
(d) Henry Jones.
9. When did Easy Company's regiment move to the Alabama side of the Fort in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?
(a) October, 1942.
(b) August, 1942.
(c) January, 1943.
(d) December, 1942.
10. What caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?
(a) Cloud banks.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Hail storms.
(d) Flocks of birds.
11. What were the men served a large meal of before being ordered to run up Mount Currahee in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Cheeseburgers.
(d) Steak and potatoes.
12. What did the Americans secure with the assistance of tanks in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Brecourt Manor.
(b) Germany.
(c) Sherwood Estates.
(d) The Royal Palace.
13. What percentage of Easy Company's regiment completed the first jump in parachute training?
(a) 98.
(b) 100.
(c) 94.
(d) 82.
14. Where did Easy Company's regiment move in March, 1943?
(a) Camp Tenaya.
(b) Camp Pendleton.
(c) Camp Mackall.
(d) Camp Lucas.
15. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?
(a) March, 1944.
(b) April, 1944.
(c) May, 1944.
(d) August, 1945.
Short Answer Questions
1. The platoon of how many men pushed back two companies of Germans in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
2. Where did the ship with Easy Company arrive in September, 1943?
3. The men of Easy Company were rewarded after D-Day in England with new gear, pay and what?
4. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
5. In Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944," commanding officers ordered the battalion to eliminate the German troops that located where?
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