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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Beckwith spend hospitalized in Chapter 13?
(a) From April 1966 to June 1966.
(b) From January 1966 to May 1966.
(c) From January 1967 to May 1967.
(d) From April 1967 to June 1967.

2. What is Beckwith's tone of the book?
(a) Informative and personable.
(b) Informative and technical.
(c) Informative, personable, and technical.
(d) Personable and technical.

3. How long does Beckwith spend in Britain with the SAS?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

4. What is Beckwith doing in Chapter 14?
(a) Developing military strategies.
(b) Training personnel.
(c) Locating enemy camps.
(d) Leading troops into battle.

5. Out of sixty soldiers, how many make it past the second run of the Delta Force selection process?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

6. In Chapter 18, what is Beckwith's goal?
(a) To make Delta Force the leading example of the American military.
(b) To make Delta Force the most used part of the American military.
(c) To make Delta Force a permanent fixture of the American military.
(d) To make Delta Force a rarely used fixture of the American military.

7. What is the focus of Chapter 19?
(a) The initial problems with the selection process of Delta Force.
(b) The planning of the selection process of Delta Force.
(c) The debates over the selection process of Delta Force.
(d) The creation of the selection process of Delta Force.

8. In its first run, how many soldiers qualify for Delta Force?
(a) Twenty-five percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Fewer than twenty percent.
(d) More than twenty-five percent.

9. What does Beckwith have to do in order to become a full Colonel?
(a) Have the recommendations of at least three supervisors.
(b) Be in a certain number of military engagements.
(c) Lead a certain number of troops.
(d) Complete his degree.

10. What is Beckwith's mission in Chapter 10?
(a) To find the enemy and track them.
(b) To find the enemy and capture them.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) To find the enemy and report to the higher-ups.

11. How many full regiments of the North Vietnamese army surround Beckwith's unit in Chapter 10?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

12. What is Beckwith's mission in Chapter 1?
(a) To exchange knowledge with the British.
(b) To protect the British.
(c) To lead the British.
(d) To rescue the British.

13. When does Beckwith get shot in Chapter 13?
(a) After he makes it to the landing zone.
(b) Before the battle with the enemy begins.
(c) Before he makes it to the landing zone.
(d) After the battle with the enemy begins.

14. In Chapter 10, which place does Beckwith mention an argument about competing operations?
(a) La Drang.
(b) Lang Vei.
(c) An Lao.
(d) Plei Me.

15. How are Chapters 1 through 18 of "Delta Force" structured?
(a) Most are a moderate length, but some are long.
(b) Most are long, but some are brief.
(c) They are long.
(d) They are brief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Delta Force troops does Beckwith take to Bong Son?

2. What leads to Beckwith's invitation by the British to travel to Malaya for a real-life expedition?

3. How much time goes by in Chapter 8 before Beckwith's supervisor informs him that he was right about the report?

4. Which one of the following is not needed after Beckwith and General Meyer finish their discussion of Delta Force in Chapter 18?

5. How many sets of intake tests does the Delta Force run in Chapter 22?

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