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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a group of elite Army Rangers trained to work independently in dangerous, often highly secretive missions?
(a) Chevron Division.
(b) Pinnacle Battalion.
(c) Apex Unit.
(d) Delta Force.

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

3. 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) Coast Guard.
(b) Battalion.
(c) Reserve.
(d) Militia.

4. What was a group of Sharia Courts who united themselves to form a rival administration to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia?
(a) The Islamic Courts Collective.
(b) The Islamic Courts Corporation.
(c) The Islamic Courts Union.
(d) The Islamic Courts Organization.

5. Sergeant Jeff Struecker got lost on the way to what location, where his men were to wait to collect the captured prisoners and transport them back to the base in "The Assault"?
(a) The mosque.
(b) The U.S. Embassy.
(c) The warlord's house.
(d) The Olympic Hotel.

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

7. Less than two hours into the battle, the crippled Humvee convoy approached what location, preparing for another ambush as they made their way to the base in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) GR-8 triangle.
(b) B-4 oval.
(c) K-9 square.
(d) K-4 circle.

8. Who was killed upon impact in the crash of Super Six One?
(a) Two Somalians.
(b) Both pilots.
(c) Ten Somalians.
(d) One of the pilots.

9. As the Delta operators were searching the target house in "The Assault," bullets come flying from a corner that was what?
(a) Being covered by the Rangers.
(b) Dimly lit.
(c) Saturated with enemies.
(d) Heavily fortified.

10. The crash of Super Six One damaged the corner of a home occupied by whom?
(a) Abdullahi "Firimbi" Hassan.
(b) Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
(c) Abdiaziz Ali Aden.
(d) Mohamed Firimbi Aidid.

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

12. Who was the Humvee convoy awaiting a signal from when Super Six One was shot down?
(a) The red boys.
(b) The T-men.
(c) The D-boys.
(d) The dirty boys.

13. 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) RPGs.
(c) Flares.
(d) Rifles.

14. What refers to a specially trained group of soldiers who must attend a special school focusing on both extreme physical and tactical training?
(a) Battalion.
(b) Military Police.
(c) Army Rangers.
(d) Army Generals.

15. Who was shot in the hand, causing his thumb to be severed in "The Assault"?
(a) Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(b) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(c) Captain Mike Steele.
(d) Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was "Alphabet" given that nickname by his peers?

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

3. Where was one of Sergeant Jeff Struecker's men shot as the men made their way through the streets in "The Assault"?

4. What happened to the bodies of the crew of the Black Hawk helicopter shot down a week before October 3?

5. What gunner was hit in the back of the head and killed instantly when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?

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