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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit had already been at the site where the CSAR medics were dropped and set up a perimeter, killing multiple Somalis to protect the crash site in "Overrun"?
(a) Chalk Two.
(b) Chalk Three.
(c) Chalk One.
(d) Chalk Four.

2. Why was "Alphabet" given that nickname by his peers?
(a) He was extremely smart.
(b) He only attended school through fifth grade.
(c) His last name was too hard to pronounce.
(d) His full name contained one of every letter.

3. What crew member of Super Six One had a gunshot to the abdomen and there was little anyone could do for him?
(a) Sergeant Ed Yurek.
(b) Staff Sergeant Daniel Busch.
(c) Private Richard Kowalewski.
(d) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.

4. Private First Class Todd Blackburn had not been through what yet when he was assigned to Chalk Four?
(a) Combat.
(b) Rifle training.
(c) Boot camp.
(d) Ranger school.

5. Who descended on the crash site and helped Durant from the wreckage of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?
(a) Sergeant Scott Galentine and Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.
(b) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(c) Sergeant Kurt Schmid and Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(d) Specalist Dale Sizemore and Private Richard Kowalewski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays?

2. What is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions?

3. What co-pilot managed to climb out of the mangled wreck of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?

4. At the time Super Six One was being shot down, the D-boys were waiting for a signal from the Humvee convoy alerting them that it was time to do what?

5. 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?

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