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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. 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"?
(a) Uden.
(b) Zetten.
(c) Paris.
(d) Veghel.

2. 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?
(a) Henry Jones.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Maxwell Davenport Taylor.
(d) Salve H. Matheson.

3. Who verbally reprimanded the company for considering mutiny in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Major General Taylor.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Strayer.
(c) Colonel Sink.
(d) Major Horton.

4. 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?
(a) Evacuating the injured.
(b) Communications.
(c) Getting out alive.
(d) Surrender.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?

2. 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"?

3. The men of Easy Company traveled to where, which was eighty miles west of London, in September, 1943?

4. Who worried that his injuries would cause permanent damage in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

5. In Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944," the troops landed amidst confusion and were scattered over an area how large?

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