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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Hitler's mountain retreat?
(a) The Wolf's Den.
(b) The Monkey Tree.
(c) Eagle's Nest.
(d) Mount Adolph.

2. 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) Cursed at them.
(c) Shot at them.
(d) Cheered the end of the war.

3. Bastogne is a town in what country?
(a) Belgium.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. Who did Winters order to take command of Easy Company after Dike stopped the line of advance in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?
(a) Lieutenant Buck Compton.
(b) 1st Lieutenant Ronald C. Speirs.
(c) Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.
(d) Lieutenant Clifford Carwood Lipton.

5. Who, when confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for surrender of Bastogne, replied "NUTS!"?
(a) General Patton.
(b) General Jackson.
(c) General McAuliffe.
(d) General Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in France is Mourmelon located?

2. What is an indirect fire weapon that fires shells at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories?

3. The day after Christmas in 1944, whose battalion broke through the German lines, providing much-needed food, supplies and support?

4. 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"?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the success at Bastogne, where was Easy Company ordered in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?

2. What changes were taking place amongst Easy Company in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"? How was morale?

3. What happened with the mission led by Lieutenant Peacock in Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944"?

4. What was the defense of Hagenau like in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?

5. How did Winters prove his loyalty to the men of Easy Company in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?

6. Where was Easy Company ordered in mid-December, 1944? What did they find there?

7. What violence took place in Chapter Eighteen, "The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945"?

8. What did the Easy Company men find in Austria in Chapter Eighteen, "The Soldier's Dream Life: Austria: May 8-July 31, 1945"?

9. What was the experience like for the men while staying in Berchtesgaden? What did they find in the rural people?

10. Who participated in the attack at Noville? Where was Easy Company ordered next?

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