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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Winters promoted to at the end of Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sergeant.

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?
(a) Explosives.
(b) Parachute.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Officer.

3. Who was the 2nd Lieutenant of the Easy Company in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Dick Winters.
(b) George Lavenson.
(c) Robert Rousch.
(d) John E. Pisancin.

4. What ultimatum did the company officers give Major Strayer in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Alrbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) They would quit if Sobel wasn't replaced.
(b) They would quit if Winters wasn't replaced.
(c) They would quit if Horton wasn't replaced.
(d) They would quit if Hester wasn't replaced.

5. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?
(a) March, 1944.
(b) August, 1945.
(c) May, 1944.
(d) April, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the battle at Carentan, supporting troops from Fox Company and what company fell back from the front lines?

2. 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"?

3. What is the elevation of Mount Currahee?

4. Easy Company was assigned to a risky and vital operation where in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

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)

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