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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the planes' V-formation to break off during the flight in on D-Day?
(a) Flocks of birds.
(b) Cloud banks.
(c) Hail storms.
(d) Lightning.

2. Who in the narrative stands out as the protagonist?
(a) JB Stokes.
(b) Henry Jones.
(c) Dick Winters.
(d) Herbert Sobel.

3. What was the name of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 4th Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division?
(a) Easy Company.
(b) Yankee Battalion.
(c) Jaguar Company.
(d) Eagle Company.

4. Where did Easy Company board a train for in May, 1943?
(a) Springfield, Missouri.
(b) Springfield, Illinois.
(c) Athens, Georgia.
(d) Sturgis, Kentucky.

5. What is the elevation of Mount Currahee?
(a) 2,600 feet.
(b) 8,000 feet.
(c) 1,350 feet.
(d) 1,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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"?

3. What was the rally point to which Winters' men headed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

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

5. In what state did training take place in Chapter One, "We Wanted Those Wings: Camp Toccoa: July-December 1942"?

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