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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What co-pilot managed to climb out of the mangled wreck of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?
(a) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(b) Private Richard Kowalewski.
(c) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(d) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart

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

3. What was a military operation conducted by special operations forces of the United States with the primary mission of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid?
(a) Operation Lion Tail.
(b) Operation Gothic Serpent.
(c) Operation Renaissance Bear.
(d) Operation Screaming Eagle.

4. Who was forced to give up his safe house and move across the street, a position he felt was weak in "The Alamo"?
(a) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(b) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(c) Corporal Jim Cavaco.
(d) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.

5. Who was instructed to guard the single window in the room where they were taking the wounded in "The Alamo"?
(a) Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(b) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart.
(c) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(d) Specialist John Stebbins.

6. What does LAW stand for?
(a) Light Antitank Weapon.
(b) Long Aim Weapon.
(c) Laser Aware Weapon.
(d) Left Arm Weapon.

7. Who descended on the crash site and helped Durant from the wreckage of the Super Six Four in "Overrun"?
(a) Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.
(b) Sergeant Kurt Schmid and Specalist Dale Sizemore.
(c) Sergeant Scott Galentine and Lieutenant Colonel Dave McKnight.
(d) Specalist Dale Sizemore and Private Richard Kowalewski.

8. What medic climbed into the Super Six One aircraft and helped another crew member pull out the co-pilot in "Overrun"?
(a) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.
(b) Private First Class Todd Blackburn.
(c) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(d) CWO Donovan Briley.

9. 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) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.
(d) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.

10. Who directed the field hospital at the base, choosing who to treat and who was too badly wounded to waste time on in "The Alamo"?
(a) Captain Mike Steele.
(b) Major Rob Marsh.
(c) Sergeant First Class Paul Howe.
(d) Corporal Jamie Smith.

11. What medic attempted to find the ends of the femoral artery of a fallen corporal by placing his hands inside the wound, but the end of the artery had retracted into the abdomen in "The Alamo"?
(a) Sergeant Kurt Schmid.
(b) Captain Mike Steele.
(c) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.
(d) CWO Donovan Briley.

12. On what date was Task Force Ranger deployed to Somalia under the command of Major General William F. Garrison?
(a) August 22, 1993.
(b) September 1, 1992.
(c) July 4, 1990.
(d) November 19, 1991.

13. How far were the convoys and soldiers from their base as they were trapped in "The Alamo"?
(a) 10,000 feet.
(b) 7 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 2 kilometers.

14. Who is the manufacturer of Black Hawk helicopters?
(a) Lockheed Martin.
(b) Airbus.
(c) Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
(d) Boeing.

15. 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?
(a) Strike.
(b) Smash and grab.
(c) Raid.
(d) Wave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Captain Mike Steele's second in command in "Overrun"?

2. Captain Mike Steele and his team, as well as the D-boys leader, were instructed to move closer together for what reason in "The Alamo"?

3. What medic was killed first protecting the Super Six Four crash site in "Overrun"?

4. What is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays?

5. What aircraft delivered fresh water and IV fluids to the first crash site, leaving the men to settle in for the long night ahead of them in "The Alamo"?

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