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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. The day after Christmas in 1944, whose battalion broke through the German lines, providing much-needed food, supplies and support?
(a) General McAuliffe's.
(b) General Smith's.
(c) General Taylor's.
(d) General Patton's.

2. Where did the men of Easy Company return after being released from Carentan?
(a) Boot camp.
(b) Cavalry.
(c) Aldbourne.
(d) Infantry.

3. 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) 10 weeks.
(b) 26 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 10 years.

4. What did Winters lose when he landed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His gun.
(c) His leg bag.
(d) His shoe.

5. Who led the final assault on the third and final German gun in the battery in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe.
(b) Captain Salve H. Matheson.
(c) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.
(d) Lieutenant Ronald Speirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimatum did the company officers give Major Strayer in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Alrbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

2. What refers to warfare with asphyxiating, poisonous, or corrosive gases, oil and flames?

3. 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"?

4. 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"?

5. What refers to the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns?

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