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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Alamo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mogadishu is located in what coastal region on the Indian Ocean?
(a) Sanaag.
(b) Bakool.
(c) Benadir.
(d) Sool.

2. Who stripped Specialist John Stebbins' pants from the burns, and handed him a gun after feeding him pain pills in "The Alamo"?
(a) Private Adalberto Rodriguez.
(b) Sergeant Timothy A. Wilkinson.
(c) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(d) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.

3. What does POW stand for?
(a) Pilot of War.
(b) Prisoner of War.
(c) Pilots of Winter.
(d) Predicates of War.

4. A CSAR team was sent to the crash site of Super Six One but the helicopter was hit by ground fire and forced to do what in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Crash land.
(b) Return to base.
(c) Return fire.
(d) Gain altitude.

5. Who cleared a house to offer cover for his men while several other teams did the same in houses along the block in "The Alamo"?
(a) Sergeant First Class Randy Rymes.
(b) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(c) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart.
(d) Sergeant Timothy A. Wilkinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?

2. Who among Captain Mike Steele's men was hit while radioing for air support in "Overrun"?

3. What crew member of Super Six One had a gunshot to the abdomen and there was little anyone could do for him?

4. Alphabet was hit by an unexploded RPG which lodged itself where in "Black Hawk Down"?

5. What, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the force quickly retreating to a previous defended position?

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