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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. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?
(a) Aircraft.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Office.
(d) Latrine.
2. What is the elevation of Mount Currahee?
(a) 2,600 feet.
(b) 1,350 feet.
(c) 8,000 feet.
(d) 1,000 feet.
3. 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.
4. When did the 101st Airborne division conduct practice jumps in preparation for D-Day?
(a) March, 1944.
(b) August, 1945.
(c) April, 1944.
(d) May, 1944.
5. Where did the Easy Company undergo parachute training?
(a) Fort Banding.
(b) Fort Brendan.
(c) Fort Betsy.
(d) Fort Benning.
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. Where did Easy Company board a train for in May, 1943?
3. What ultimatum did the company officers give Major Strayer in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Alrbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
4. The incident of a German attack by torpedoes on the training regiments in England in Chapter Four, "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!: Slapton Sands, Upottery: April 1-June 5, 1944" was covered up by the military for how many years?
5. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
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