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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of his men did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann send with Blackburn after his injury in "The Assault"?

3. Mogadishu is located in what coastal region on the Indian Ocean?

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

5. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to the crash of Super Six One in "Black Hawk Down"?

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

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

5. Why did the simple mission turn into a nightmare for the U.S. Military in "Black Hawk Down"? How many American soldiers were injured?

6. What led to the Humvee convoy finally changing their destination to base in "Black Hawk Down"?

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

8. How was one of the Humvee drivers temporarily blinded in "Black Hawk Down"? How did the crew respond?

9. What took place when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"? Who was hit?

10. What did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann leave behind as he set out for his mission in "The Assault"? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the findings and actions of Sergeant Tim Wilkinson and Master Sergeant Scott Fales at Super Six One's crash site. What injuries were sustained?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons that each unit was directed to go to the crash site. Of what importance was it to the U.S. Military that the crash site be guarded against the Somalis?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Specialist Dale Sizemore and the morale of the men on the base in "Overrun." How did the men feel about the way the mission was developing?

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