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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 did Winters bring to training maneuvers against military regulation in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Live ammunition.
(b) Food and drink.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) Rockets.

2. What refers to a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary and cold conditions?
(a) Garbage toe.
(b) Trench foot.
(c) Rubbish boot.
(d) Swamp foot.

3. Who worried that his injuries would cause permanent damage in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) George Lavenson.
(b) Edward J. Tipper.
(c) Carwood Lipton.
(d) John E. Pisancin.

4. What was Winters promoted to in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) Executive Officer of 3rd Regiment.
(b) Senior Officer of 1st Regiment.
(c) Senior Officer of 2nd Regiment.
(d) Executive Officer of 2nd Battalion.

5. What did Easy Company encounter and eradicate in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) An enemy machine gun.
(b) An enemy tank.
(c) Enemy maps.
(d) Enemy planes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for surrender of Bastogne, replied "NUTS!"?

2. The platoon of how many men pushed back two companies of Germans in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

3. What were the men of Easy Company initially greeted with in London in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

4. How many German troops did Winters' group encounter sitting to rest in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

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"?

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