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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What portion of parachute training were the men of the Easy Company excused from?
(a) Parachute packing.
(b) Physical training.
(c) Sleep deprivation.
(d) Psychological training.

2. Who verbally reprimanded the company for considering mutiny in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel Strayer.
(b) Colonel Sink.
(c) Major General Taylor.
(d) Major Horton.

3. Where did the German troops change their target to when they had Easy Company surrounded in Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Uden.
(c) Omen.
(d) Veghel.

4. The Army deactivated Easy Company on what date?
(a) January 5, 1946.
(b) November 30, 1945.
(c) November 31, 1945.
(d) August 11, 1945.

5. Where did the American soldiers sleep during battle in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?
(a) Fortified bunkers.
(b) Fox holes.
(c) Jeeps.
(d) Castles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took command after Easy Company's new commanding officer retreated and left the company on its own in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?

2. Who was the 2nd Lieutenant of the Easy Company in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?

3. In Chapter Eighteen, "The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945" a drunken soldier shot who in the head?

4. 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"?

5. What did Easy Company encounter and eradicate in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

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