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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Easy Company go to rest in France after leaving Holland in November, 1944?
(a) Camp Mourmelon.
(b) Camp Marmot.
(c) Camp Mullien.
(d) Camp Mulberry.

2. How many of Easy Company's boats made it across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

3. What soldiers in the hospital requested discharge to return to Easy Company in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"?
(a) Lavenson and Mellet.
(b) Liebgott and Lavenson.
(c) Liebgott and Webster.
(d) Webster and Mellet.

4. Easy Company had to travel across the river in how many boats at night in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

5. Who was the friend and alcohol connoisseur who shared in the findings of Hitler's liquor and wine cellar in Chapter Seventeen, "Drinking Hitler's Champagne: Berchtesgaden: May 1-8, 1945"?
(a) Captain Nixon.
(b) Captain Speirs.
(c) Captain Sobel.
(d) Major Winters.

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

7. Where did many of the men obtain weekend passes to visit in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"?
(a) Zetten.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Uden.
(d) Paris.

8. Where did the American troops arrive with dirty uniforms and unshaven faces in Chapter Eighteen, "The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945"?
(a) Alsace.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zell am See.
(d) London.

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

10. Berchtesgaden was a village populated with whom?
(a) High-ranking Nazis.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Poor Jews.
(d) Beautiful women.

11. Who ordered Winters to send a patrol across the river and behind German lines to procure prisoners for interrogation in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) General Taylor.
(b) Captain Sobel.
(c) Captain Nixon.
(d) General Patton.

12. What Normandy and Holland veteran broke under the pressure of seeing two of his closest friends seriously injured by heavy artillery at Bastogne in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?
(a) Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock.
(b) Lieutenant Ronald C. Speirs.
(c) Lieutenant Buck Compton.
(d) Lieutenant Robert Rousch.

13. Who ordered Easy Company north after their success in Noville?
(a) General McAuliffe.
(b) General Patton.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Strayer.
(d) General Taylor.

14. Who gave the command for Easy Company's advance in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?
(a) McAuliffe.
(b) Dike.
(c) Winters.
(d) Patton.

15. Easy Company liberated the people of what in Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945"?
(a) A prison.
(b) The German Army.
(c) A Displaced Persons' camp.
(d) The British Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the German people in the surrounding rural areas do when they saw the American soldiers in Chapter Seventeen, "Drinking Hitler's Champagne: Berchtesgaden: May 1-8, 1945"?

2. Where was the Easy Company ordered to go after its success in Noville?

3. Where did the American soldiers sleep during battle in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?

4. In Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945" Easy Company traveled into Germany as an occupation force rather than what?

5. 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"?

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