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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smaller helicopter landed near the crash site of Super Six One in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Woodpecker.
(b) Gold Finch.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Little Bird.

2. What refers to a group of people, as a clique, set, society, or party, especially as united by some common trait, characteristic, or interest?
(a) Gang.
(b) Clan.
(c) Pod.
(d) Flock.

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

4. What refers to a specially trained team designed to go into a battlefield and rescue injured soldiers?
(a) ZONK.
(b) CSAR.
(c) MARS.
(d) TRAS.

5. What do the Somalis refer to the Battle of Mogadishu as?
(a) Soldier Saturday.
(b) The Day of the Rangers.
(c) The American Infiltration.
(d) Yankee Week.

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

7. What refers to a canceled or postponed space flight, launching, scheduled part of a space mission, etc.?
(a) Fail.
(b) X'd.
(c) D-Lay.
(d) Scrub.

8. 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 warlord's house.
(c) The Olympic Hotel.
(d) The U.S. Embassy.

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

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

11. Where did the Super Six Four go down in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) South of the Olympic Hotel.
(b) North of the Olympic Hotel.
(c) East of the Olympic Hotel.
(d) West of the Olympic Hotel.

12. Who was hit while shooting the .50 caliber gun on top of the Humvee in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
(b) First Lieutenant Larry Perino.
(c) Corporal Jim Cavaco.
(d) Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz.

13. Who announced his intention to take the wounded back to the base rather than going to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(b) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.
(d) Sergeant First Class Randy Rymes.

14. Alphabet was hit by an unexploded RPG which lodged itself where in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) A humvee.
(b) His chest.
(c) The ground.
(d) His leg.

15. In "Black Hawk Down," who was picked up a few blocks from the target building by the Humvees and joined the convoy to the crash site?
(a) Chalk Four.
(b) Chalk Two.
(c) Chalk Three.
(d) Chalk One.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Delta operators were searching the target house in "The Assault," bullets come flying from a corner that was what?

2. What group's orders were to rope down into Mogadishu and set up a blocking position on the northwest corner of the target house in "The Assault"?

3. 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"?

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

5. One driver in the Humvee convoy was shot in the back of the head and although the helmet saved his life, the hit caused him to what?

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