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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tanks arrived at Easy Company's location after the successful invasion on D-Day?
(a) British Valentines.
(b) British Vickers.
(c) American Sherman tanks.
(d) Italian Semoventes.

2. How many divisions were set to do a daytime drop in the risky operation Easy Company was assigned to in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

3. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Utah Beach.
(b) Alaska Beach.
(c) Montana Beach.
(d) Arizona Beach.

4. In what state was the camp located where the Easy Company moved in March, 1943?
(a) Maine.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) West Virginia.

5. Who worried that his injuries would cause permanent damage in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Carwood Lipton.
(b) George Lavenson.
(c) John E. Pisancin.
(d) Edward J. Tipper.

6. In Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944," American troops marched south, to a village called what?
(a) Son.
(b) Sorin.
(c) Style.
(d) Stoll.

7. What did Winters have for the first time after the invasion on D-Day?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A drink.
(d) A coca cola.

8. 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) August, 1942.
(c) December, 1942.
(d) October, 1942.

9. 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) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(b) Major Clarence Hester.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.
(d) Colonel Sink.

10. How many troops were killed, captured or wounded during Operation Market-Garden?
(a) 2,750.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 250.
(d) 8,000.

11. In Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944," the troops landed amidst confusion and were scattered over an area how large?
(a) 1 square mile.
(b) 20 kilometers.
(c) 24 city blocks.
(d) 275 acres.

12. What village were Easy Company ordered to defend in Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944"?
(a) Omen.
(b) Ogden.
(c) Uden.
(d) Loren.

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

14. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," Easy Company had a brief reprieve from fighting with a full night of rest before being sent to defend Carentan from what direction?
(a) The south.
(b) The west.
(c) The east.
(d) The north.

15. Who led the frontal assault while the machine gunners provided support on the German machine guns in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Robert L. Strayer
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Clarence Hester.
(d) Oliver M. Horton.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Germans relied more on its counterattack rather than its what, as advised to the troops in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?

2. What was the name of the Army-planned a practice operation on a stretch of English coastline in preparation for D-Day?

3. How many Germans comprised the companies which were pushed back in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

4. The platoon of how many men pushed back two companies of Germans in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

5. What were the men of Easy Company initially greeted with in London in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

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