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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 did the pilots do when coming under attack over the drop zone in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Banked right.
(b) Sped up.
(c) Banked left.
(d) Slowed down.

2. Who led the final assault on the third and final German gun in the battery in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.
(b) Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe.
(c) Lieutenant Ronald Speirs.
(d) Captain Salve H. Matheson.

3. Who returned to Easy Company hoping for more action and sought revenge for Americans killed by German troops in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Private David Kenyon Webster.
(b) Private Terrence C. Harris.
(c) Private Sergio G. Moya.
(d) Private Paul E. Lamoureux.

4. Bastogne is located along what mountain range?
(a) Ardennes.
(b) Sierra Nevada.
(c) Himalayan
(d) Appalachian.

5. Who did Winters order to take command of Easy Company after Dike stopped the line of advance in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?
(a) Lieutenant Buck Compton.
(b) 1st Lieutenant Ronald C. Speirs.
(c) Lieutenant Clifford Carwood Lipton.
(d) Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," after securing Ste. Marie-du-Mont, the military ordered Easy Company to lead the battalion through where?

3. Captain Sobel was transferred to head a new what in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

4. Easy Company and the 101st marched toward the fight and dug in to defend Bastogne with no artillery or what?

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

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