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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the division hold a parade that top Army leaders, including General Eisenhower, attended?
(a) May, 1946.
(b) June, 1946.
(c) March, 1945.
(d) May, 1945.

2. Who was assigned 2nd Battalion C.O. Captain in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(b) Captain Speirs.
(c) Major Winters.
(d) Captain Lewis Nixon.

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) Webster and Mellet.
(d) Liebgott and Webster.

4. Who was demoted from regimental to battalion staff due to his excessive drinking in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(b) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(c) Captain Salve Matheson.
(d) Major Oliver Horton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the final assault on the third and final German gun in the battery in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

2. What were American soldiers on the front lines doing in Bastogne in Chapter Ten, "Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand: November 26-December 18, 1944"?

3. What holiday had the men of Easy Company been looking forward to before being ordered to Bastogne?

4. What did Winters lose when he landed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

5. What did the Americans secure with the assistance of tanks in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

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