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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What co-pilot managed to climb out of the mangled wreck of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?
(a) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(b) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(c) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart
(d) Private Richard Kowalewski.

2. In what helicopter did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann fly into Mogadishu on October 3 in "The Assault"?
(a) Super Six One.
(b) Super Six Seven.
(c) Super Six Three.
(d) Super Six Five.

3. In what year did the Battle of Mogadishu take place?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1990.

4. Who and his men took up a position on a small tin porch-like structure not far from the crash site in "The Alamo"?
(a) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart.
(b) Major Rob Marsh.
(c) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(d) First Lieutenant Larry Perino.

5. Who among Captain Mike Steele's men was hit while radioing for air support in "Overrun"?
(a) Charles Beckwith.
(b) Corporal Smith.
(c) Major Marsh.
(d) Lieutenant Lechner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body was unable to be pulled out of the Super Six One because the nose of the helicopter had crumpled and then buried itself in the soil, causing the body to be wedge in the wreckage?

2. How far had Private First Class Todd Blackburn fallen from the helicopter in "The Assault"?

3. Who was the leader of the Ranger chalks that would provide support on the ground to the Delta Force who would raid and arrest the targets in Mogadishu in "The Assault"?

4. In military terminology, what is a specific aircraft load, especially a group of airborne soldiers which deploy from a single aircraft?

5. What is a group of elite Army Rangers trained to work independently in dangerous, often highly secretive missions?

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