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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. What is the distressing part of the Delta Force program in Chapter 29?
(a) The funding for it has been reduced.
(b) The funding for it has been removed.
(c) It has leveled out.
(d) It has been placed on hold.

2. What does NCO stand for?
(a) Next commanding officer.
(b) Next commissioned officer.
(c) Non-compensated officer.
(d) Non-commissioned officer.

3. What is unusual about the physical fitness program of the Delta Force?
(a) The soldiers monitor their own programs.
(b) The soldiers monitor their own as well as each other's programs.
(c) The soldiers do not monitor their own programs.
(d) The soldiers monitor each other's programs.

4. Signaled by General Vaught, what is the operation developed in Chapter 31 known as?
(a) Operation Heat Wave.
(b) Operation Desert Rescue.
(c) Operation Rice Bowl.
(d) Operation Wheat Bowl.

5. What is the name of the training course for the Delta Force's Special Operations testing?
(a) Operators Field Course.
(b) Operators Test Course.
(c) Operators Course.
(d) Operators Task Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a command control problem for the Delta Forces in Chapter 25?

2. What does Beckwith make clear about the men in Delta Force in Chapter 24?

3. What potential error does Beckwith mention at the end of Chapter 35?

4. What country's experience with aircraft hijacking is mentioned in Chapter 23?

5. Describing the rapid pace of the tests, how long does Beckwith indicate it can take for a given scenario?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the level of command and breakdown of the participants in Eagle Claw?

2. How does Beckwith describe the men of Delta Force in Chapter 24?

3. What are the difficulties in gathering intelligence that Beckwith describes in Chapter 32?

4. What happens when Beckwith and Delta Force first land in Egypt?

5. What is Beckwith focused on as the book ends?

6. How does Beckwith describe the vulnerability of the mission in Chapter 39?

7. What are the first signs of trouble for the rescue mission?

8. Why does Beckwith test his soldiers as he does in Chapter 28?

9. What changes are made to the plan for fueling and refueling in Chapters 36 and 37?

10. What problems are the helicopter pilots having in Chapter 35, and which possible solutions are presented?

(see the answer keys)

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