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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beckwith report about the status of Delta Force at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Momentum is not moving in his favor.
(b) A majority of the military remains unsure about Delta Force.
(c) Momentum is moving in his favor.
(d) A majority of the military approves of Delta Force.

2. How do the government offices respond at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) They cease attempts to hurry the project.
(b) They continue to seek only Beckwith's feedback about the project.
(c) The continue to seek feedback from military leaders about the project.
(d) They continue attempts to hurry the project.

3. What year is the Prologue's plan taking place in?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

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

5. What does Beckwith accomplish by taking a Vietnamese officer to dinner?
(a) It increases the chance of gaining Vietnamese weapons.
(b) It allows him to understand more about the food in Vietnam.
(c) It allows him to overhear several important conversations.
(d) It increases the chance of gaining Vietnamese reinforcements.

6. What is needed in order for the project to move forward?
(a) The approval of the people.
(b) The approval of the Senate.
(c) The approval of Congress.
(d) The approval of the executive office.

7. How many sets of intake tests does the Delta Force run in Chapter 22?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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

9. What does S.A.S. stand for?
(a) Strategic Armed Services.
(b) Special Air Services.
(c) Special Armed Services.
(d) Strategic Air Services.

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

11. What inspires the original Delta Force?
(a) American organizational methods.
(b) The SAS.
(c) It is not specified.
(d) The SAS and American organizational methods.

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

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 president 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 congress does not know about it.

14. What does Beckwith notice about the surgeons while he is in the recovery ward?
(a) That they work around the clock.
(b) That they only work for half of the day and half of the night.
(c) That they only work during the night.
(d) That they only work during the day.

15. In Chapter 10, which place does Beckwith mention an argument about competing operations?
(a) La Drang.
(b) An Lao.
(c) Lang Vei.
(d) Plei Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moore tell Beckwith at Bong Son?

2. Which battalion is Beckwith assigned to in February, 1968?

3. What year is it when Beckwith describes the bond he has with his men in Chapter 12?

4. How well does the new Delta Force perform in Chapter 11?

5. As of Chapter 21, how many stars does General Rogers have at this point in his career?

(see the answer keys)

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