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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The directions sent to the Humvee convoy directly from the Black Hawks above them were sending them to what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) The base.
(b) The wrong crash site.
(c) The enemy stronghold.
(d) The Embassy.

2. What does NOD stand for?
(a) Navy Of Doom.
(b) Navy Oil Drum.
(c) Normals On Deployment.
(d) Night Observation Device.

3. A CSAR team was sent to the crash site of Super Six One but the helicopter was hit by ground fire and forced to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Gain altitude.
(b) Crash land.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Return fire.

4. Who was Sergeant Jeff Struecker in charge of taking back to base after his extraction in "The Assault"?
(a) CWO Donovan Briley.
(b) Private Anton Berendsen.
(c) CWO Cliff 'Elvis' Wolcott.
(d) Private First Class Todd Blackburn.

5. What refers to a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies?
(a) Militia.
(b) Reserve.
(c) Battalion.
(d) Coast Guard.

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

7. 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?
(a) Return to base.
(b) Abort the mission.
(c) Bring out the prisoners.
(d) Storm the building.

8. 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"?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The first.
(c) The third.
(d) The second.

9. Who was the co-pilot of Super Six One?
(a) Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz.
(b) Major Rob Marsh.
(c) Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(d) CWO Donovan Briley.

10. How many men were with the Humvee convoy in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) 48.
(b) 36.
(c) 75.
(d) 124.

11. 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) Go to the crash site and pick up any survivors.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Attack the enemy compound.

12. 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 fifth.
(b) One quarter.
(c) One tenth.
(d) More than half.

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

14. Super Six One was piloted by whom?
(a) CWO Cliff 'Elvis' Wolcott.
(b) Specialist John Stebbins.
(c) Corporal Jamie Smith.
(d) Lieutenant Larry Perino.

15. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Rifles.
(c) RPGs.
(d) Flares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people?

2. Who was shot in the hand, causing his thumb to be severed in "The Assault"?

3. What does RPG stand for?

4. What evaporated on the Super Six Four, causing the helicopter to lean forward in "Black Hawk Down"?

5. Which of Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's men was shot in the shoulder in "The Assault"?

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