Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mark Bowden
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Mark Bowden
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One driver in the Humvee convoy was shot in the back of the head and although the helmet saved his life, the hit caused him to what?
(a) Go temporarily blind.
(b) Go into a coma.
(c) Go deaf.
(d) Faint.

2. What does NOD stand for?
(a) Night Observation Device.
(b) Navy Of Doom.
(c) Normals On Deployment.
(d) Navy Oil Drum.

3. Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's previous leader was sent home and the man's replacement was taken out of commission by what in "The Assault"?
(a) An aneurysm.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What crew member of Super Six One had a gunshot to the abdomen and there was little anyone could do for him?
(a) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.
(b) Private Richard Kowalewski.
(c) Staff Sergeant Daniel Busch.
(d) Sergeant Ed Yurek.

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

6. Which of Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's men was shot in the shoulder in "The Assault"?
(a) Private Anton Berendsen.
(b) Corporal Jamie Smith.
(c) Sergeant First Class Randy Rymes.
(d) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.

7. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?
(a) Flares.
(b) RPGs.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Pistols.

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

9. Who was shot in the back when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Sergeant Joyce.
(b) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(c) Private Anton Berendsen.
(d) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.

10. Alphabet was hit by an unexploded RPG which lodged itself where in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) His leg.
(b) His chest.
(c) A humvee.
(d) The ground.

11. How many of the men in the convoy in "Black Hawk Down" were injured during the disastrous tour through the city in their attempt to find the first crash site?
(a) More than half.
(b) One tenth.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One fifth.

12. 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?
(a) Abdiaziz Ali Aden.
(b) Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
(c) Abdullahi "Firimbi" Hassan.
(d) Abdullahi Farrah Hassan.

13. How many of his men did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann send with Blackburn after his injury in "The Assault"?
(a) 12.
(b) 28.
(c) 16.
(d) 5.

14. What smaller helicopter landed near the crash site of Super Six One in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Little Bird.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Gold Finch.
(d) Woodpecker.

15. The directions sent to the Humvee convoy directly from the Black Hawks above them were sending them to what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) The enemy stronghold.
(b) The Embassy.
(c) The base.
(d) The wrong crash site.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it of great concern to get as many men around the downed aircraft to protect it and the survivors for the American government?

2. As the Delta operators were searching the target house in "The Assault," bullets come flying from a corner that was what?

3. What do the Somalis refer to the Battle of Mogadishu as?

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

5. In what year did the Battle of Mogadishu take place?

(see the answer keys)

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