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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. After how long at the battle at Carentan were the men of Easy Company relieved from the front lines?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. What marked the date that the 506th parachute infantry regiment officially joined the 101st Airborne Division?
(a) June 10, 1943.
(b) April 22, 1942.
(c) January 3, 1944.
(d) December 14, 1941.

3. 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.

4. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) First Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.
(b) Lieutenant Thomas Meehan.
(c) First Lieutenant Norman Staunton Dike, Jr.
(d) First Lieutenant Frederick Theodore Heyliger.

5. What soldier was sent home when the military realized that all three of his brothers were killed in action in Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?
(a) Robert Burr Smith.
(b) Earl Ervin McClung.
(c) Fritz Niland.
(d) Walter L. Hendrix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Easy Company's regiment move in March, 1943?

2. Who became the victim of several training exercise pranks that made him appear incompetent in Chapter Two, "Stand Up and Hook Up: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks: December 1942-September 1943"?

3. After how much time in parachute training did the Easy Company make their first jump?

4. Who verbally reprimanded the company for considering mutiny in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?

5. What was Winters promoted to at the end of Chapter Six, "Move Out!: Carentan: July 7-July 12, 1944"?

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