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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Assault.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people?
(a) War.
(b) Jubilee.
(c) Construance.
(d) Melee.

2. Where was one of Sergeant Jeff Struecker's men shot as the men made their way through the streets in "The Assault"?
(a) The hand.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The leg.
(d) The head.

3. What is a military vehicle that combines the features of a jeep with those of a light truck?
(a) Humvee.
(b) Pickup.
(c) Amphibian.
(d) Duck.

4. Private First Class Todd Blackburn had not been through what yet when he was assigned to Chalk Four?
(a) Combat.
(b) Ranger school.
(c) Boot camp.
(d) Rifle training.

5. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?
(a) Black Hawk Down.
(b) Conflict of the Damned.
(c) Battle of the Bloody.
(d) The Knob Hill Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of his men did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann send with Blackburn after his injury in "The Assault"?

2. Who was a warlord of the Haber Gidr clan in Mogadishu who took it upon himself to steal food sent to his country as aid to help those suffering from years of civil war and kept it from the people in an attempt to control them?

3. How many chalks under the command of Captain Steele would go into Mogadishu on October 3, in "The Assault"?

4. What did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann leave behind to make room for more ammunition in "The Assault"?

5. When did Bill Clinton take office as U.S. President?

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