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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. Growing dissatisfaction with Sobel's lack of tactical skill made some officers consider approaching who about the problem in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Major Clarence Hester.
(b) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(c) Colonel Sink.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.

2. What refers to a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers or sailors against military or naval law?
(a) Presidential court.
(b) Military court.
(c) Court martial.
(d) Kangaroo court.

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

4. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) First Lieutenant Norman Staunton Dike, Jr.
(b) First Lieutenant Frederick Theodore Heyliger.
(c) Lieutenant Thomas Meehan.
(d) First Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.

5. What is an indirect fire weapon that fires shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories?
(a) Rocket launcher.
(b) Slingshot.
(c) Mortar.
(d) Catapult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tanks arrived at Easy Company's location after the successful invasion on D-Day?

2. What did Winters lose when he landed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

3. 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"?

4. Who led the final assault on the third and final German gun in the battery in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

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

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