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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?
(a) August, 1945.
(b) April, 1944.
(c) March, 1944.
(d) May, 1944.

2. In Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944," the troops landed amidst confusion and were scattered over an area how large?
(a) 275 acres.
(b) 1 square mile.
(c) 20 kilometers.
(d) 24 city blocks.

3. Who verbally reprimanded the company for considering mutiny in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Colonel Sink.
(b) Major General Taylor.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Strayer.
(d) Major Horton.

4. What percentage of Easy Company's regiment completed the first jump in parachute training?
(a) 98.
(b) 94.
(c) 100.
(d) 82.

5. Easy Company was involved with a mission to take what beach on D-Day?
(a) Utah Beach.
(b) California Beach.
(c) Idaho Beach.
(d) Oregon Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the battle at Carentan, supporting troops from Fox Company and what company fell back from the front lines?

2. The men of Easy Company traveled to where, which was eighty miles west of London, in September, 1943?

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

4. 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"?

5. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

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