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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.?
(a) Fail.
(b) X'd.
(c) Scrub.
(d) D-Lay.

2. Who was run over when the disoriented Humvee driver did not see his body where it had been blown into the street in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Captain Mike Steele.
(b) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(c) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
(d) Corporal Jim Cavaco.

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

4. In military terminology, what is a specific aircraft load, especially a group of airborne soldiers which deploy from a single aircraft?
(a) Herd.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Chunk.
(d) Gaggle.

5. Mogadishu is located in what coastal region on the Indian Ocean?
(a) Sool.
(b) Benadir.
(c) Sanaag.
(d) Bakool.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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"?

3. What was the first Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down over Mogadishu on October 3?

4. What obstacle did the Humvee convoy face in obtaining directions, causing the convoy to turn down the wrong roads in "Black Hawk Down"?

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

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