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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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"?
(a) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
(b) Corporal Jim Cavaco.
(c) First Lieutenant Larry Perino.
(d) Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz.

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

4. 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) K-4 circle.
(b) B-4 oval.
(c) GR-8 triangle.
(d) K-9 square.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a group of Sharia Courts who united themselves to form a rival administration to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia?

2. What refers to a specially trained group of soldiers who must attend a special school focusing on both extreme physical and tactical training?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What miscommunication took place between the Delta operators and the Humvee convoy in "Black Hawk Down"?

2. Who led the Delta operators through the target house in "The Assault"? What did they discover?

3. What is a CSAR and why were they unable to assist the soldiers in Super Six One?

4. Who did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann send away for medical care in "The Assault"? How?

5. Who from Super Six Seven was injured upon the crew's descent? How?

6. What did the leaders at base observe after the crash of Super Six One?

7. What was burning in the streets when the helicopters began to converge in "The Assault"? Why did the men ignore it?

8. How was Sergeant Scott Galentine injured in "The Assault"? Who among his unit was also injured around the same time?

9. Why were the soldiers awaiting orders in the opening of "The Assault" unsure if their mission would actually take place?

10. Why did Sergeant Jeff Struecker hesitate in reporting the first casualty in "The Assault"?

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