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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Easy Company's commanding officer in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(b) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(c) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(d) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.

2. Who did the company officers consult with about their ultimatum in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944" who suggested they step down?
(a) Maxwell Davenport Taylor.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Salve H. Matheson.
(d) Henry Jones.

3. Who in the narrative stands out as the foil to the protagonist?
(a) Dick Winters.
(b) Henry Jones.
(c) Herbert Sobel.
(d) Salve H. Matheson.

4. Where did the ship with Easy Company arrive in September, 1943?
(a) Liverpool, England.
(b) Bristol, England.
(c) Blackpool, England.
(d) Newcastle, England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many divisions were set to do a daytime drop in the risky operation Easy Company was assigned to in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

2. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," after securing Ste. Marie-du-Mont, the military ordered Easy Company to lead the battalion through where?

3. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?

4. What did Winters bring to training maneuvers against military regulation in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

5. What plane did the men of Easy Company first jump from in parachute training?

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