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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Points were awarded based on amount of time in active duty, whether the soldier was married, and what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) If they had Children.
(c) Amount of leave time.
(d) Medals.

2. Who discovered a gigantic cellar filled with liquor and wine from across the globe in Hitler's home?
(a) General Patton.
(b) Captain Nixon.
(c) Major Winters.
(d) Captain Sobel.

3. Easy Company occupied an area on the Rhine, near where in Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945"?
(a) Alsace.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Dusseldorf.
(d) Zell am See.

4. Where did Easy Company travel after Germany surrendered to Allied forces?
(a) Russia.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

5. Where did the Easy Company sleep for the first time in months in Rachamps in Chapter Thirteen, "Attack: Noville: January 14-17, 1945"?
(a) Inside a building.
(b) In trenches.
(c) In fox holes.
(d) Under the stars.

6. What did most of the Germans do when the American troops reached the village north of Noville in Chapter Thirteen, "Attack: Noville: January 14-17, 1945"?
(a) Fled.
(b) Fired on them.
(c) Begged for mercy.
(d) Commited suicide.

7. The day after Christmas in 1944, whose battalion broke through the German lines, providing much-needed food, supplies and support?
(a) General Smith's.
(b) General Patton's.
(c) General Taylor's.
(d) General McAuliffe's.

8. How many prisoners did Easy Company secure across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?
(a) 22.
(b) 2.
(c) 17.
(d) 34.

9. What refers to a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary and cold conditions?
(a) Rubbish boot.
(b) Trench foot.
(c) Garbage toe.
(d) Swamp foot.

10. 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"?
(a) Buck Compton.
(b) Lewis Nixon.
(c) Oliver Horton.
(d) Carwood Lipton.

11. 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"?
(a) Hid in their homes.
(b) Shot at them.
(c) Cheered the end of the war.
(d) Cursed at them.

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

13. What 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"?
(a) Lieutenant Compton.
(b) Lieutenant Speirs.
(c) Lieutenant Dike.
(d) Lieutenant Lavenson.

14. What is an indirect fire weapon that fires shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories?
(a) Rocket launcher.
(b) Slingshot.
(c) Catapult.
(d) Mortar.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Army deactivated Easy Company on what date?

4. The Army enforced a strict _________ policy between the soldiers and German people Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945".

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"?

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