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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Super Six Four go down in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) East of the Olympic Hotel.
(b) West of the Olympic Hotel.
(c) North of the Olympic Hotel.
(d) South of the Olympic Hotel.

2. What is a group of elite Army Rangers trained to work independently in dangerous, often highly secretive missions?
(a) Delta Force.
(b) Apex Unit.
(c) Chevron Division.
(d) Pinnacle Battalion.

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

4. What group's orders were to rope down into Mogadishu and set up a blocking position on the northwest corner of the target house in "The Assault"?
(a) Chalk Two's.
(b) Chalk Three's.
(c) Chalk Four's.
(d) Chalk One's.

5. Who was the pilot of the Super Six Four?
(a) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.
(b) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(c) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(d) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What does RPG stand for?

4. When did President George H.W. Bush order the U.S. Armed Forces to join the U.N. in a joint operation known as Operation Restore Hope, with the primary mission of restoring order in Somalia?

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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