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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through N.S.D.Q..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the soldiers from the rescue convoy set off charges in the deserted helicopter in "N.S.D.Q."?
(a) To distract the enemy.
(b) To keep the Somalis from taking any sensitive equipment inside.
(c) To test a new bomb in the field.
(d) To dislodge a body.

2. Who was shot in the hand, causing his thumb to be severed in "The Assault"?
(a) Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(b) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.
(d) Captain Mike Steele.

3. When did Mohamed Farrah Aidid suffer a fatal heart attack?
(a) August 1, 1996.
(b) May 12, 1994.
(c) July 4, 1995.
(d) June 27, 1995.

4. Night vision devices were first used in what war?
(a) Desert Storm.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam.

5. What evaporated on the Super Six Four, causing the helicopter to lean forward in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) The underside.
(b) The tail rotor.
(c) The engine.
(d) The windshield.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids?

3. What gunner was hit in the back of the head and killed instantly when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?

4. What medic attempted to find the ends of the femoral artery of a fallen corporal by placing his hands inside the wound, but the end of the artery had retracted into the abdomen in "The Alamo"?

5. In "N.S.D.Q.," the Humvees that had gone out earlier in the evening returned to base with the wounded and were packed up again, and sent to meet with international soldiers and form a rescue convoy of over how many vehicles?

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