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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 caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Hail storms.
(c) Flocks of birds.
(d) Cloud banks.

2. When did Easy Company's regiment move to the Alabama side of the Fort in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?
(a) January, 1943.
(b) October, 1942.
(c) August, 1942.
(d) December, 1942.

3. What introduction from the British was meant to separate from the leg and fall where the paratrooper would land?
(a) Waist belts.
(b) Leg bags.
(c) Calf bands.
(d) Crotch huggers.

4. 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 Welsh.
(c) Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock.
(d) Lieutenant JB Stokes.

5. The men who completed five successful jumps in parachute training received a certificate and what to denote them certified parachutists?
(a) Gold stars.
(b) Ruby watches.
(c) Bronze wings.
(d) Silver wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worried that his injuries would cause permanent damage in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

2. 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"?

3. Where did Easy Company board a train for in May, 1943?

4. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," Easy Company moved to reserve status and was tasked with what?

5. What soldier was sent home when the military realized that all three of his brothers were killed in action in Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?

(see the answer key)

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