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

2. What happened to the bodies of the crew of the Black Hawk helicopter shot down a week before October 3?
(a) They were mutilated by Somalis.
(b) They got dehydrated by the sun.
(c) The skin was peeled off by sandstorms.
(d) They were consumed by animals.

3. 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?
(a) One tenth.
(b) More than half.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One fifth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was shot in the back when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?

2. 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?

3. Who was Sergeant Jeff Struecker in charge of taking back to base after his extraction in "The Assault"?

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 crash of Super Six One damaged the corner of a home occupied by whom?

(see the answer key)

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