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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the Humvees and soldiers made their way back into Mogadishu, they found themselves immediately under attack and blocked at every turn by what in "Overrun"?
(a) Mounds of dirt.
(b) Roadblocks.
(c) Burning tires.
(d) Bodies.

2. Who was Sergeant Jeff Struecker in charge of taking back to base after his extraction in "The Assault"?
(a) Private First Class Todd Blackburn.
(b) CWO Cliff 'Elvis' Wolcott.
(c) Private Anton Berendsen.
(d) CWO Donovan Briley.

3. Instead of taking the prisoners directly to the American base, the Humvees were ordered to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Go to the crash site and pick up any survivors.
(b) Seek cover.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Attack the enemy compound.

4. What is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support and are also known as Night Stalkers?
(a) The 18th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(b) The 36th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(c) The 240th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(d) The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

5. Who was killed upon impact in the crash of Super Six One?
(a) Two Somalians.
(b) One of the pilots.
(c) Ten Somalians.
(d) Both pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were burning in the street when the first of the helicopters began to converge on the skies above the cities in "The Assault"?

2. Whose body was unable to be pulled out of the Super Six One because the nose of the helicopter had crumpled and then buried itself in the soil, causing the body to be wedge in the wreckage?

3. Who gave a gun to Durant before returning to the nose of the aircraft to continue fighting off the Somalis in "Overrun"?

4. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?

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

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