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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 American troops refer to the major road which the Germans were intent to cut off near Neunen in the Market-Garden operation?
(a) Hell's Highway.
(b) The Highway of Lost Souls.
(c) Pacific Coast Highway.
(d) The Great Highway.

2. Where did the Easy Company sleep for the first time in months in Rachamps in Chapter Thirteen, "Attack: Noville: January 14-17, 1945"?
(a) Under the stars.
(b) In trenches.
(c) Inside a building.
(d) In fox holes.

3. Easy Company and the 101st marched toward the fight and dug in to defend Bastogne with no artillery or what?
(a) Land mines.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Air support.
(d) Tanks.

4. What marked the date that the 506th parachute infantry regiment officially joined the 101st Airborne Division?
(a) January 3, 1944.
(b) April 22, 1942.
(c) June 10, 1943.
(d) December 14, 1941.

5. What refers to the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns?
(a) Shrapnel.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Artillery.

Short Answer Questions

1. The incident of a German attack by torpedoes on the training regiments in England in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944" was covered up by the military for how many years?

2. With the Bastogne siege over, the men of Easy Company prepared to attack and take what nearby village?

3. In Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944," American troops marched south, to a village called what?

4. Who was assigned 2nd Battalion C.O. Captain in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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