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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. 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) Captain Salve H. Matheson.
(b) Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe.
(c) Lieutenant Ronald Speirs.
(d) First Lieutenant Henry Jones.

2. 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) Robert L. Strayer
(b) Oliver M. Horton.
(c) Dick Winters.
(d) Clarence Hester.

3. The goal of the German offensive in the Battle of Bastogne was the harbor located where?
(a) Zetten.
(b) Veghel.
(c) Antwerp.
(d) Uden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Major Winters encounter on one occasion after his promotion and stopped to make him salute him in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?

2. Who killed an insubordinate American soldier in Normandy, causing some disagreement about him among the troops?

3. Bastogne is located along what mountain range?

4. Where did Easy Company go to rest in France after leaving Holland in November, 1944?

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

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