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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies?
(a) Battalion.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Reserve.
(d) Militia.

2. What is a military vehicle that combines the features of a jeep with those of a light truck?
(a) Amphibian.
(b) Duck.
(c) Humvee.
(d) Pickup.

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

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 Generals.
(c) Military Police.
(d) Army Rangers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does RPG stand for?

3. What are the United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams commonly known as?

4. Private First Class Todd Blackburn had not been through what yet when he was assigned to Chalk Four?

5. How many of his men did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann send with Blackburn after his injury in "The Assault"?

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