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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through They Got Us Surrounded-the Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Shopkeep-Ladder.
(b) Market-Garden.
(c) Goat-Cart.
(d) Church-Fisherman.

2. 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"?
(a) Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe.
(b) Colonel Robert Frederick Sink.
(c) Major Strayer.
(d) Major Oliver M. Horton.

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) Alaska Beach.
(b) Utah Beach.
(c) Arizona Beach.
(d) Montana Beach.

4. The Easy Company entrenched itself, in what style, on an area nicknamed the Island in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) Mexican war style.
(b) Civil War style.
(c) French-Indian war style.
(d) WWI style.

5. What refers to warfare with asphyxiating, poisonous, or corrosive gases, oil and flames?
(a) Political warfare.
(b) Serious warfare.
(c) Psychological warfare.
(d) Chemical warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Easy Company relieved troops near what area that was being held by an entire division in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

4. Who did Winters quickly find after landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

5. One of the incompetent officers who attempted to take command of Easy Company was suspected of doing what so he could be evacuated in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

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