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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was shot in the back when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(b) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(c) Private Anton Berendsen.
(d) Sergeant Joyce.

2. Instead of taking the prisoners directly to the American base, the Humvees were ordered to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Seek cover.
(b) Return to base.
(c) Attack the enemy compound.
(d) Go to the crash site and pick up any survivors.

3. How many chalks under the command of Captain Steele would go into Mogadishu on October 3, in "The Assault"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What are the United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams commonly known as?
(a) DUCK's.
(b) MARMOT's.
(c) OTTER's.
(d) SEALs.

5. One driver in the Humvee convoy was shot in the back of the head and although the helmet saved his life, the hit caused him to what?
(a) Faint.
(b) Go deaf.
(c) Go temporarily blind.
(d) Go into a coma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to a specially trained team designed to go into a battlefield and rescue injured soldiers?

3. A week before the mission that brought Rangers, Delta operators, and SEALs into Mogadishu on October 3, a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Mogadishu by what?

4. What did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann leave behind to make room for more ammunition in "The Assault"?

5. What refers to a canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.?

(see the answer key)

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