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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. How many years does it take Beckwith to be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Chapter 14?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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

4. How many British SAS are there in the beginning of the book?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smallest platoon that the Delta Force unit can include?

2. What year is it when Beckwith first brings his report to his supervisor?

3. When is Beckwith ready to begin training for the Delta Force?

4. How long does it take Beckwith to assemble the first Delta Force?

5. Along with Delta Force, what is Beckwith also running in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beckwith describe the compound in Vietnam and how long does it take him to recruit the first Delta Force team?

2. What is a "salesman" and which skills do they have?

3. What are the results of the first two runs of the Delta Force selection process?

4. What is the difference in the assignments given that Beckwith explains in Chapter 17?

5. What is the point of Beckwith's mission in Vietnam, and how does he adapt there?

6. How long does Beckwith spend in a "search and destroy" mission in Vietnam, and what effect does this have on him?

7. How does the Delta Force reach the point where they are ready to begin training in Chapter 22?

8. How does Beckwith explain paranoia in Chapter 21?

9. What request does Beckwith make to General Meyer in Chapter 18, and what is Meyer's response?

10. What impresses Beckwith about the British SAS, and what does he find confusing about them?

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