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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. How many Germans comprised the companies which were pushed back in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) 176.
(b) 444.
(c) 240.
(d) 300.

2. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?
(a) Aircraft.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Latrine.
(d) Office.

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

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) French-Indian war style.
(b) Civil War style.
(c) WWI style.
(d) Mexican war style.

5. What did Winters have for the first time after the invasion on D-Day?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A drink.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A coca cola.

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. 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"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What was Winters promoted to in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

(see the answer key)

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