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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Beckwith separated from his family throughout Delta Force?
(a) Months to over a year at a time.
(b) Only months at a time.
(c) A year at a time.
(d) Two years at a time.

2. What is Beckwith's mission in Chapter 10?
(a) To find the enemy and capture them.
(b) To find the enemy and report to the higher-ups.
(c) To find the enemy and track them.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

3. How many months of "search and destroy" in Vietnam still haunt Beckwith as he writes the book in 1983?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

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

5. As outlined in Chapter 22, who is directly above Beckwith in the chain of command?
(a) General Mackmull.
(b) General Smith.
(c) General Meyer.
(d) General Rogers.

6. What is Beckwith asked to provide in Chapter 17?
(a) Cost, equipment details, and a timeframe.
(b) Cost and a timeframe.
(c) Cost and equipment details.
(d) Equipment details and a timeframe.

7. How long is Beckwith separated from his wife and children before they are reunited at Fort Benning?
(a) Nearly a year.
(b) Over two years.
(c) Nearly two years.
(d) Over a year.

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

9. 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 is kept away from the civilian arms of government.
(c) If it goes through the civilian arms of government.
(d) If the congress does not know about it.

10. Which battalion is Beckwith assigned to in February, 1968?
(a) The 2nd Battalion.
(b) The 44th Battalion.
(c) The 4th Battalion.
(d) The 22nd Battalion.

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

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

13. What year is it when Beckwith describes the bond he has with his men in Chapter 12?
(a) Late 1967.
(b) Early 1967,
(c) Early 1966.
(d) Late 1966.

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

15. What part of the American military is Delta Force considered in the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Special Forces.
(d) Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following best describes Beckwith's meeting with General Rogers in Chapter 21?

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

3. How long does Beckwith spend hospitalized in Chapter 13?

4. How many helicopters are included in the plan that is discussed in the Prologue?

5. What leads to Beckwith's invitation by the British to travel to Malaya for a real-life expedition?

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