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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. The Army enforced a strict _________ policy between the soldiers and German people Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945".
(a) Non-threatening.
(b) Don't ask don't tell.
(c) English only.
(d) Non-fraternization.

2. 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) Uden.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zetten.
(d) Normandy.

3. What did many of the soldiers do while on leave to relieve stress?
(a) Drank.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Slept.
(d) Cried.

4. In Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944," German troops surrounded the ring of soldiers protecting Bastogne, making what impossible?
(a) Evacuating the injured.
(b) Communications.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Getting out alive.

5. When was Easy Company ordered to defend Bastogne?
(a) April, 1944.
(b) December, 1944.
(c) October, 1943.
(d) November, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. Where is Noville located?

4. The Army deactivated Easy Company on what date?

5. Who gave the command for Easy Company's advance in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to Ronald C. Spiers taking command of Easy Company in Chapter Twelve, "The Breaking Point: Bastogne: January 1-13, 1945"?

3. 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"?

4. What was Berchtesgaden like? What did Easy Company find there? What was their objective?

5. What took place once Easy Company returned to Mourmelon in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?

6. What was the feeling of the men toward Captain Speirs in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?

7. What did the men of Easy Company do in their leisure time in Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945"? What did they discover in this chapter?

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

10. What did the soldiers find in the German people in Chapter Sixteen, "Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945"?

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