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

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

3. 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 Herbert Sobel.
(b) Major Oliver Horton.
(c) Captain Lewis Nixon.
(d) Captain Salve Matheson.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Bastogne is a town in what country?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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