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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. Where did Easy Company go to rest in France after leaving Holland in November, 1944?
(a) Camp Mulberry.
(b) Camp Marmot.
(c) Camp Mullien.
(d) Camp Mourmelon.

2. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Utah Beach.
(b) Arizona Beach.
(c) Montana Beach.
(d) Alaska Beach.

3. 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.

4. 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"?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Crying.
(c) Running away.
(d) Joking.

5. Who led the final assault on the third and final German gun in the battery in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Lieutenant Ronald Speirs.
(b) Captain Salve H. Matheson.
(c) Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe.
(d) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many of the soldiers do while on leave to relieve stress?

2. In Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944," the troops landed amidst confusion and were scattered over an area how large?

3. Bastogne is a town in what country?

4. What did Winters later receive for his actions on D-Day?

5. Easy Company and the 101st marched toward the fight and dug in to defend Bastogne with no artillery or what?

(see the answer key)

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