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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Hawk Down.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A seizure.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) An aneurysm.

2. 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) Rifles.
(b) Flares.
(c) RPGs.
(d) Pistols.

3. What refers to a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people?
(a) Melee.
(b) Jubilee.
(c) Construance.
(d) War.

4. What refers to a specially trained group of soldiers who must attend a special school focusing on both extreme physical and tactical training?
(a) Battalion.
(b) Army Rangers.
(c) Military Police.
(d) Army Generals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mogadishu is located in what coastal region on the Indian Ocean?

3. The directions sent to the Humvee convoy directly from the Black Hawks above them were sending them to what in "Black Hawk Down"?

4. 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?

5. How many chalks under the command of Captain Steele would go into Mogadishu on October 3, in "The Assault"?

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