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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were burning in the street when the first of the helicopters began to converge on the skies above the cities in "The Assault"?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Tires.
(c) Drums of oil.
(d) Dumpsters.

3. Sergeant Jeff Struecker got lost on the way to what location, where his men were to wait to collect the captured prisoners and transport them back to the base in "The Assault"?
(a) The mosque.
(b) The Olympic Hotel.
(c) The warlord's house.
(d) The U.S. Embassy.

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

5. What does RPG stand for?
(a) Rebel police guard.
(b) Rebel patriot group.
(c) Rapid people gatherer.
(d) Rocket propelled grenade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Humvee convoy awaiting a signal from when Super Six One was shot down?

2. Who announced his intention to take the wounded back to the base rather than going to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

3. Instead of taking the prisoners directly to the American base, the Humvees were ordered to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?

4. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?

5. What refers to a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people?

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