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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Rifle.
(b) Parachute.
(c) Officer.
(d) Explosives.

2. What did the pilots do when coming under attack over the drop zone in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Banked right.
(b) Slowed down.
(c) Banked left.
(d) Sped up.

3. 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"?
(a) Robert Burr Smith.
(b) Fritz Niland.
(c) Walter L. Hendrix.
(d) Earl Ervin McClung.

4. How many British tanks supported Easy Company on their advance through Veghel in Chapter Eight, "Hell's Highway; Holland: October 2-November 25, 1944"?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

5. Where did the Easy Company undergo parachute training?
(a) Fort Betsy.
(b) Fort Brendan.
(c) Fort Banding.
(d) Fort Benning.

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

7. 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?
(a) 40.
(b) 28.
(c) 3.
(d) 17.

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

9. 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"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Poland.
(d) Belgium.

10. Who did Winters quickly find after landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Sergeant Lipton.
(b) Corporal Dukeman
(c) First Lieutenant Pisancin.
(d) Sergeant Strohl.

11. 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) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

13. What did Easy Company encounter and eradicate in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) Enemy planes.
(b) Enemy maps.
(c) An enemy tank.
(d) An enemy machine gun.

14. How many Germans comprised the companies which were pushed back in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) 444.
(b) 300.
(c) 240.
(d) 176.

15. What was the name of the base where the 506th Regiment trained in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Camp Tappioca.
(b) Camp Toccoa.
(c) Camp Tigerton.
(d) Camp Turtleback.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What did Lieutenant Winters and ten other men receive at the end of Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?

3. What were the troops given for the first time when they flew out for D-Day in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?

4. What refers to warfare with asphyxiating, poisonous, or corrosive gases, oil and flames?

5. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," after securing Ste. Marie-du-Mont, the military ordered Easy Company to lead the battalion through where?

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