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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. Winters' group joined forces with how many men after their landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) 168.
(b) 72.
(c) 80.
(d) 44.

2. What did Winters later receive for his actions on D-Day?
(a) The Bronze Triangle.
(b) A glazed ham.
(c) The Purple Heart.
(d) The Silver Star.

3. Who did Winters quickly find after landing in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Corporal Dukeman
(b) Sergeant Strohl.
(c) First Lieutenant Pisancin.
(d) Sergeant Lipton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tanks arrived at Easy Company's location after the successful invasion on D-Day?

2. Bastogne is a town in what country?

3. When did the division hold a parade that top Army leaders, including General Eisenhower, attended?

4. 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"?

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"?

(see the answer key)

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