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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) 240.
(b) 444.
(c) 176.
(d) 300.

2. Who led the frontal assault while the machine gunners provided support on the German machine guns in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Oliver M. Horton.
(b) Robert L. Strayer
(c) Clarence Hester.
(d) Dick Winters.

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

4. What refers to warfare with asphyxiating, poisonous, or corrosive gases, oil and flames?
(a) Chemical warfare.
(b) Psychological warfare.
(c) Political warfare.
(d) Serious warfare.

5. The men of Easy Company were rewarded after D-Day in England with new gear, pay and what?
(a) Beer kegs.
(b) One-week passes.
(c) Movie tickets.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many divisions were set to do a daytime drop in the risky operation Easy Company was assigned to in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

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

3. 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?

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

5. On December 21st, 1944, what platoon leader gathered his men for a combat patrol to collect information and secure a German prisoner for interrogation?

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