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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. A CSAR team was sent to the crash site of Super Six One but the helicopter was hit by ground fire and forced to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Return fire.
(b) Gain altitude.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Crash land.

2. How far had Private First Class Todd Blackburn fallen from the helicopter in "The Assault"?
(a) 150 feet.
(b) 475 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 70 feet.

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

4. What was the first Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down over Mogadishu on October 3?
(a) Super Six Five.
(b) Super Six Four.
(c) Super Six One.
(d) Super Six Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?

2. What refers to a specially trained team designed to go into a battlefield and rescue injured soldiers?

3. What evaporated on the Super Six Four, causing the helicopter to lean forward in "Black Hawk Down"?

4. What does NOD stand for?

5. Private First Class Todd Blackburn had not been through what yet when he was assigned to Chalk Four?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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