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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In its first run, how many soldiers qualify for Delta Force?
(a) More than twenty-five percent.
(b) Twenty-five percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Fewer than twenty percent.

2. What areas are decided by internal military competition?
(a) Funding and staffing.
(b) Staffing and equipment.
(c) Funding and equipment.
(d) Funding, staffing, and equipment.

3. What is introduced in the Prologue of "Delta Force"?
(a) The project.
(b) The project and deciding leaders.
(c) The project, its cost, and the deciding leaders.
(d) The project and its cost.

4. How does Colonel Beckwith respond to Carter's decision?
(a) He is moved, but not impressed.
(b) He is impressed, but not moved.
(c) He is moved and impressed.
(d) He is neither moved nor impressed.

5. How long does Beckwith spend in Britain with the SAS?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

6. In Chapter 1, who is with Beckwith on his trip to Britain?
(a) His wife and friends.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) His children and friends.
(d) His wife, children, and friends.

7. Who appoints the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
(a) The director of homeland security.
(b) The vice president.
(c) The president.
(d) The secretary of state.

8. How are Chapters 1 through 18 of "Delta Force" structured?
(a) They are brief.
(b) Most are a moderate length, but some are long.
(c) Most are long, but some are brief.
(d) They are long.

9. How much paranoia does Beckwith hope to find in some soldiers and duties?
(a) An average amount.
(b) A lot.
(c) A little.
(d) None.

10. Along with Delta Force, what is Beckwith also running in Chapter 18?
(a) The Armed Forces School.
(b) The Special Forces School.
(c) The Armed Task Forces School.
(d) The Special Task Forces School.

11. What is the smallest platoon that the Delta Force unit can include?
(a) Twenty soldiers.
(b) Thirty soldiers.
(c) Fifty soldiers.
(d) Forty soldiers.

12. What is Beckwith's concern in Chapter 18?
(a) Selling the idea to the House of Representatives.
(b) Selling the idea to the Pentagon.
(c) Selling the idea to Congress.
(d) Selling the idea to the President.

13. According to what Beckwith is told in Chapter 16, what is the only way the Delta Force program will be successful?
(a) If the congress does not know about it.
(b) If it goes through the civilian arms of government.
(c) If it is kept away from the civilian arms of government.
(d) If the president does not know about it.

14. What does Carter admit about the plan?
(a) He does not understand this course of action.
(b) He will still try to look for another course of action.
(c) He does not want to take this course of action.
(d) He wants to take this course of action.

15. What word does Beckwith use at the end of Chapter 12 to describe Delta Force?
(a) Indestructible.
(b) Inspirational.
(c) Incredible.
(d) Incomparable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beckwith's supervisor initially respond to his report?

2. After the Delta Force is placed into the military hierarchy, what is vital for the program's success?

3. What does Moore tell Beckwith at Bong Son?

4. Which group is Beckwith the operations officer for at the start of Chapter 8?

5. What is used to facilitate the landings and takeoffs of helicopters in the plan?

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