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

2. Who attempted to keep the men's spirits high although morale was low due to the dreadful conditions in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?
(a) Colonel Sink.
(b) General Taylor.
(c) Lieutenant Strayer.
(d) General McAuliffe.

3. 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) Clarence Hester.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Robert L. Strayer
(d) Oliver M. Horton.

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

5. 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"?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The military set up a ring of defense around the city of Bastogne and Easy Company's position was in a woody area across from what?

2. What was forbidden while the men were in battle in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?

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

4. How many Germans comprised the companies which were pushed back in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

5. What did Winters have for the first time after the invasion on D-Day?

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