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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common device which is placed on U.S. Army and Air Force awards and decorations to denote those who have received more than one bestowal of a particular decoration?
(a) Acorn.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Oak leaf cluster.
(d) Bald Eagle.

2. What is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support and are also known as Night Stalkers?
(a) The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(b) The 240th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(c) The 36th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.
(d) The 18th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

3. What aircraft delivered fresh water and IV fluids to the first crash site, leaving the men to settle in for the long night ahead of them in "The Alamo"?
(a) Super Six Five.
(b) Super Six Six.
(c) Super Six Three.
(d) Super Six Four.

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

5. Specialist John Stebbins joined the Rangers to see fighting, but was assigned to what title?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Company clerk.
(d) Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Multiple members of Chalk One separated from the other rangers with what team leader in "Overrun"?

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

3. What refers to the coordinated military actions of a state in response to a developing situation?

4. What was Alphabet's real name?

5. Sergeant Tim 'Griz' Martin and Private Adalberto Rodriguez were injured when a grenade hit which Humvee in the column as the convey continued to make its way to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

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