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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 does Beckwith refer to General Meyer?
(a) He has been behind all of the progress of the project.
(b) He has been behind half of the progress of the project.
(c) He has been behind some of the progress of the project.
(d) He has been behind most of the progress of the project.

2. How is the military training of indigenous people described in Chapter 16?
(a) Less important, but glamorous.
(b) Both glamorous and important.
(c) Less glamorous, but important.
(d) Less glamorous and less important.

3. What request does Beckwith make to General Meyer?
(a) To be given Delta Force for less than full time.
(b) To be only a part time consultant for Delta Force.
(c) To be a full time consultant for Delta Force.
(d) To be given Delta Force full time.

4. What is the focus of Chapter 19?
(a) The planning of the selection process of Delta Force.
(b) The initial problems with the selection process of Delta Force.
(c) The creation of the selection process of Delta Force.
(d) The debates over the selection process of Delta Force.

5. Which one of the following is not needed after Beckwith and General Meyer finish their discussion of Delta Force in Chapter 18?
(a) Equipment.
(b) Personnel.
(c) Funding.
(d) Training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Rogers direct Beckwith to do during their meeting in Chapter 21?

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

3. What does Beckwith notice about the surgeons while he is in the recovery ward?

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

5. How is General Kroesen's support for the Delta Force described at the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Beckwith promoted to full colonel in Chapter 15?

3. What leads Beckwith to Britain in Chapter 1, and what special program does he observe while he is there?

4. What happens between Beckwith and the supervisor the day after he presents his report?

5. What is the initial reaction to Beckwith's report in 1964?

6. What are the definitions of "used" and "misused" as they are referred to during the military meetings in Chapter 13?

7. What problem does Beckwith face in Chapter 20, and how is it solved?

8. How is Beckwith reunited with his wife and children, and what leads him to go back to Vietnam?

9. How does Beckwith explain paranoia in Chapter 21?

10. How is the flexibility of the soldiers explained in the planning stages of Delta Force?

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