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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does LAW stand for?
(a) Left Arm Weapon.
(b) Laser Aware Weapon.
(c) Long Aim Weapon.
(d) Light Antitank Weapon.

2. Specialist John Stebbins joined the Rangers to see fighting, but was assigned to what title?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Cook.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Company clerk.

3. As the convoy wandered lost around Mogadishu, a CSAR Black Hawk dropped Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson and what other medic in "Overrun"?
(a) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.
(c) Captain Mike Steele.
(d) Sergeant Timothy A. Wilkinson.

4. Who gave a gun to Durant before returning to the nose of the aircraft to continue fighting off the Somalis in "Overrun"?
(a) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(b) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.
(c) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart.
(d) Private First Class Todd Blackburn.

5. Who was hit while shooting the .50 caliber gun on top of the Humvee in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Corporal Jim Cavaco.
(b) Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz.
(c) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
(d) First Lieutenant Larry Perino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Delta team leader who led the front group to the first crash site, including several Rangers in "Overrun"?

2. What obstacle did the Humvee convoy face in obtaining directions, causing the convoy to turn down the wrong roads in "Black Hawk Down"?

3. Night vision devices were first used in what war?

4. On what date did one of the deadliest attacks on U.N. forces in Somalia occur, in which 24 Pakistani soldiers in the U.N. force were killed in an ambush?

5. What soldier who had been held out of the initial assault cut off a cast on his infected elbow so that he would be allowed to go fight in "Overrun"?

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