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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who spied the vast number of ships and boats in the invading fleet and became awestruck in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944"?
(a) Clancy Odel Lyall.
(b) William F. Kiehn.
(c) Leo D. Boyle.
(d) Gordon Carson.

2. What percentage of Easy Company's regiment completed the first jump in parachute training?
(a) 94.
(b) 98.
(c) 100.
(d) 82.

3. Who became the victim of several training exercise pranks that made him appear incompetent in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer.
(b) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(c) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(d) Major Oliver M. Horton.

4. Who led the frontal assault while the machine gunners provided support on the German machine guns in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Oliver M. Horton.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Robert L. Strayer
(d) Clarence Hester.

5. 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) Military court.
(b) Presidential court.
(c) Kangaroo court.
(d) Court martial.

Short Answer Questions

1. After securing Carentan and a brief respite and tending to the wounded, the men prepared for what in Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?

2. In Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944," Easy Company moved to reserve status and was tasked with what?

3. In what state was the camp located where the Easy Company moved in March, 1943?

4. Who transferred Winters out of Easy Company as the battalion mess officer in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

5. What marked the date that the 506th parachute infantry regiment officially joined the 101st Airborne Division?

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