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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Church-Fisherman.
(b) Goat-Cart.
(c) Market-Garden.
(d) Shopkeep-Ladder.

2. In what state was the camp located where the Easy Company moved in March, 1943?
(a) Maine.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) North Carolina.

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

4. Who was demoted from regimental to battalion staff due to his excessive drinking in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(b) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(c) Captain Salve Matheson.
(d) Major Oliver Horton.

5. The plane carrying who was hit with bullets and exploded during its landing attempt in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Captain Herbert M. Sobel.
(b) Captain Ronald C. Speirs.
(c) First Lieutenant Frederick Theodore Heyliger.
(d) C.O. Thomas Meehan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What portion of parachute training were the men of the Easy Company excused from?

2. 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"?

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

4. After how much time in parachute training did the Easy Company make their first jump?

5. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?

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