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

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

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

4. What obstacle did the Humvee convoy face in obtaining directions, causing the convoy to turn down the wrong roads in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Their maps were outdated.
(b) Directions from the observation aircraft were delayed.
(c) Their radios lost communication.
(d) Certain roads were blockaded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alphabet was hit by an unexploded RPG which lodged itself where in "Black Hawk Down"?

2. How many chalks under the command of Captain Steele would go into Mogadishu on October 3, in "The Assault"?

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. 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?

5. In what helicopter did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann fly into Mogadishu on October 3 in "The Assault"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had the soldiers believed about the resistance of the Black Hawk helicopters? How was this disproved in "Black Hawk Down"?

2. Who among those in the Humvee convoy were injured or killed just after the crash of Super Six Four?

3. What problems did Sergeant Jeff Struecker encounter in his mission in "The Assault"?

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

5. Why did Super Six Four crash? Who was its pilot?

6. What was the purpose of the mission in "The Assault"? What did the men overlook in beginning the mission?

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

8. What miscommunication took place as the Humvee convoy continued to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

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

10. Where did the crew of Super Six Seven descend in "The Assault"? Why?

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