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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's men was shot in the shoulder in "The Assault"?
(a) Corporal Jamie Smith.
(b) Sergeant First Class Randy Rymes.
(c) Private Anton Berendsen.
(d) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.

3. What is a military vehicle that combines the features of a jeep with those of a light truck?
(a) Humvee.
(b) Amphibian.
(c) Duck.
(d) Pickup.

4. 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.

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

6. 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 first.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The second.
(d) The third.

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

8. When did Bill Clinton take office as U.S. President?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1991.

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

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

11. Who was shot in the back when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(b) Sergeant Joyce.
(c) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(d) Private Anton Berendsen.

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

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

14. 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) Heavily fortified.
(d) Saturated with enemies.

15. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?
(a) Black Hawk Down.
(b) Battle of the Bloody.
(c) Conflict of the Damned.
(d) The Knob Hill Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does RPG stand for?

2. What smaller helicopter landed near the crash site of Super Six One in "Black Hawk Down"?

3. Why was it of great concern to get as many men around the downed aircraft to protect it and the survivors for the American government?

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?

5. Who announced his intention to take the wounded back to the base rather than going to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

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