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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led a team into the target home and assisted in the arrests of the leaders in Aidid's gang in "The Assault"?

2. One driver in the Humvee convoy was shot in the back of the head and although the helmet saved his life, the hit caused him to what?

3. What was the first Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down over Mogadishu on October 3?

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

5. The directions sent to the Humvee convoy directly from the Black Hawks above them were sending them to what in "Black Hawk Down"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a CSAR and why were they unable to assist the soldiers in Super Six One?

2. What took place when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"? Who was hit?

3. What had the soldiers believed about the resistance of the Black Hawk helicopters? How was this disproved in "Black Hawk Down"?

4. What miscommunication took place as the Humvee convoy continued to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

5. Why did Sergeant Jeff Struecker hesitate in reporting the first casualty in "The Assault"?

6. What did Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann leave behind as he set out for his mission in "The Assault"? Why?

7. Who among those in the Humvee convoy were injured or killed just after the crash of Super Six Four?

8. What did the leaders at base observe after the crash of Super Six One?

9. Where did the crew of Super Six Seven descend in "The Assault"? Why?

10. What miscommunication took place between the Delta operators and the Humvee convoy in "Black Hawk Down"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the reasons that each unit was directed to go to the crash site. Of what importance was it to the U.S. Military that the crash site be guarded against the Somalis?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Specialist Dale Sizemore and the morale of the men on the base in "Overrun." How did the men feel about the way the mission was developing?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Private First Class Blackburn. Why was Blackburn deployed without having attended Ranger school? What injuries did he sustain on the mission?

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