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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What soldier from Easy Company was lost in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945" from a grenade fragment in his skull?
(a) Private Ramirez.
(b) Private Jackson.
(c) Private Metzler.
(d) Private Miller.

2. Who was assigned 2nd Battalion C.O. Captain in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(b) Captain Speirs.
(c) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(d) Major Winters.

3. Back in Mourmelon, the Easy Company showered for the first time in how long in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 18 days.
(c) 72 hours.
(d) 10 weeks.

4. Who was the first to reach Eagle's Nest in Chapter Seventeen, "Drinking Hitler's Champagne: Berchtesgaden: May 1-8, 1945"?
(a) Rattlesnake Battalion.
(b) General Patton.
(c) Easy Company.
(d) First Battalion.

5. In Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945" Easy Company traveled into Germany as an occupation force rather than what?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Savage warriors.
(c) Combative action.
(d) Enforcers of the President.

6. What soldiers in the hospital requested discharge to return to Easy Company in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"?
(a) Lavenson and Mellet.
(b) Liebgott and Webster.
(c) Webster and Mellet.
(d) Liebgott and Lavenson.

7. How many prisoners did Easy Company secure across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) 2.
(b) 17.
(c) 22.
(d) 34.

8. What Normandy and Holland veteran broke under the pressure of seeing two of his closest friends seriously injured by heavy artillery at Bastogne in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?
(a) Lieutenant Buck Compton.
(b) Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock.
(c) Lieutenant Ronald C. Speirs.
(d) Lieutenant Robert Rousch.

9. How many of Easy Company's boats made it across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. 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"?
(a) Lieutenant Buck Compton.
(b) Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.
(c) 1st Lieutenant Ronald C. Speirs.
(d) Lieutenant Clifford Carwood Lipton.

11. Who ordered Winters to send a patrol across the river and behind German lines to procure prisoners for interrogation in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) Captain Nixon.
(b) General Taylor.
(c) Captain Sobel.
(d) General Patton.

12. What did the German people in the surrounding rural areas do when they saw the American soldiers in Chapter Seventeen, "Drinking Hitler's Champagne: Berchtesgaden: May 1-8, 1945"?
(a) Shot at them.
(b) Cursed at them.
(c) Cheered the end of the war.
(d) Hid in their homes.

13. Who discovered a gigantic cellar filled with liquor and wine from across the globe in Hitler's home?
(a) Captain Sobel.
(b) General Patton.
(c) Captain Nixon.
(d) Major Winters.

14. 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 Mellet.
(b) Corporal Hoobler.
(c) Corporal Dukeman.
(d) Corporal Gordon.

15. What were American soldiers on the front lines doing in Bastogne in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"?
(a) Crying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Running away.
(d) Joking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an indirect fire weapon that fires shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories?

2. What refers to a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary and cold conditions?

3. In Chapter Eighteen, "The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945" a drunken soldier shot who in the head?

4. In Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944," German troops surrounded the ring of soldiers protecting Bastogne, making what impossible?

5. What did many of the soldiers do while on leave to relieve stress?

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