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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term means to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms?
(a) Wave the flag.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Give-up.
(d) Capitulate.

2. 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"?
(a) Handguns.
(b) Live ammunitiom.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Airsickness pills.

3. Who was the Easy Company's commanding officer in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Major Oliver M. Horton.
(b) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.
(c) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(d) Captain Lewis Nixon.

4. The men of Easy Company were rewarded after D-Day in England with new gear, pay and what?
(a) One-week passes.
(b) Movie tickets.
(c) Cheeseburgers.
(d) Beer kegs.

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

6. What refers to a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers or sailors against military or naval law?
(a) Kangaroo court.
(b) Court martial.
(c) Military court.
(d) Presidential court.

7. Who in the narrative stands out as the protagonist?
(a) Henry Jones.
(b) JB Stokes.
(c) Dick Winters.
(d) Herbert Sobel.

8. Why were all of the parachute drops across Europe canceled in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?
(a) Bad weather.
(b) American holiday.
(c) German holiday.
(d) Ground armies had advanced.

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

10. In what state did training take place in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Florida.

11. Easy Company was involved with a mission to take what beach on D-Day?
(a) Idaho Beach.
(b) California Beach.
(c) Oregon Beach.
(d) Utah Beach.

12. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?
(a) Aircraft.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Office.
(d) Latrine.

13. When did the Easy Company complete basic training?
(a) October, 1942.
(b) March, 1943.
(c) January, 1943.
(d) November, 1942.

14. 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.

15. What was the rally point for American forces coming from both Utah Beach and Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion?
(a) Trinity.
(b) Quimper.
(c) Carentan.
(d) Vannes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winters bring to training maneuvers against military regulation in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944"?

2. 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"?

3. What caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?

4. What were the men served a large meal of before being ordered to run up Mount Currahee in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?

5. 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?

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