View a FREE sample

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. Who ran down the road and six men followed, but the remainder stayed in the ditch during the attack on Carentan?
(a) Lieutenant Sterling W. Horner.
(b) Lieutenant JB Stokes.
(c) Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock.
(d) Lieutenant Welsh.

2. Easy Company liberated the people of what in Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945"?
(a) The British Army.
(b) A prison.
(c) A Displaced Persons' camp.
(d) The German Army.

3. In Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944," American troops marched south, to a village called what?
(a) Sorin.
(b) Style.
(c) Stoll.
(d) Son.

4. Winters' group joined forces with how many men after their landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) 168.
(b) 44.
(c) 80.
(d) 72.

5. The Easy Company entrenched itself, in what style, on an area nicknamed the Island in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) Civil War style.
(b) Mexican war style.
(c) French-Indian war style.
(d) WWI style.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Easy Company's boats made it across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?

2. Who took over as Commanding Officer of Easy Company after their current commander was shot in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

3. Who became the victim of several training exercise pranks that made him appear incompetent in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?

4. 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?

5. What refers to a small pit, usually for one or two soldiers, dug as a shelter in a battle area?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 306 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample