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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Hawk Down.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smaller helicopter landed near the crash site of Super Six One in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Little Bird.
(c) Gold Finch.
(d) Woodpecker.

2. Despite the large number of casualties and the heavy fire, the Humvee convoy was ordered to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Stand their ground.
(b) Not return fire.
(c) Return to base.
(d) Continue to the first crash site.

3. What refers to a specially trained team designed to go into a battlefield and rescue injured soldiers?
(a) TRAS.
(b) CSAR.
(c) ZONK.
(d) MARS.

4. Who was run over when the disoriented Humvee driver did not see his body where it had been blown into the street in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Captain Mike Steele.
(b) Corporal Jim Cavaco.
(c) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(d) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.

5. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?
(a) Battle of the Bloody.
(b) Conflict of the Damned.
(c) The Knob Hill Conflict.
(d) Black Hawk Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NOD stand for?

2. In military terminology, what is a specific aircraft load, especially a group of airborne soldiers which deploy from a single aircraft?

3. Why was "Alphabet" given that nickname by his peers?

4. What happened to the bodies of the crew of the Black Hawk helicopter shot down a week before October 3?

5. Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's previous leader was sent home and the man's replacement was taken out of commission by what in "The Assault"?

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