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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how much time in parachute training did the Easy Company make their first jump?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 100 hours.

2. Where did the ship with Easy Company arrive in September, 1943?
(a) Bristol, England.
(b) Blackpool, England.
(c) Newcastle, England.
(d) Liverpool, England.

3. The men of Easy Company traveled to where, which was eighty miles west of London, in September, 1943?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Aldbourne.

4. Growing dissatisfaction with Sobel's lack of tactical skill made some officers consider approaching who about the problem in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Colonel Sink.
(b) Major Clarence Hester.
(c) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.

5. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?
(a) Office.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Latrine.
(d) Aircraft.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942" the author writes that never before had troops endured basic training at the same time as what training?

3. What marked the date that the 506th parachute infantry regiment officially joined the 101st Airborne Division?

4. What were the men served a large meal of before being ordered to run up Mount Currahee in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?

5. In what state did training take place in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?

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