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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. The author identified which rebel as the one the Saudis viewed as most important?
(a) Hamid Karzai.
(b) Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf.
(c) Osama bin Laden.
(d) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

2. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?
(a) 13 November 1986.
(b) 12 January 1987.
(c) 31 May 1987.
(d) 21 March 1987.

3. Who was the Afghan bureau chief for the ISI from 1983-1987?
(a) Naseem Rana.
(b) Asad Durrani.
(c) Kuwaja Ziauddin.
(d) Mohammed Yousaf.

4. The CIA-sponsored rebels were facing what type of constant Soviet attacks in 1986?
(a) Mortar.
(b) Missile.
(c) Helicopter.
(d) Tank.

5. Many of the reports from Algeria, Egypt, and Tunisia were treated how in Washington?
(a) Probable.
(b) Required more study.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Discounted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mir Amal Kasi was from a wealthy Pakistani family near Quetta who worked as a what?

2. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?

3. What was seen as the biggest threat once the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan?

4. To what did the Saudis view the Soviet invasion as a threat?

5. Egyptian Sheikh Rahman suffered from what physical disability?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Prologue to Ghost Wars open?

2. How did Peter Tomsen's role differ when he took over the position Ed McWilliams held in late 1989?

3. How did the 1994 assassination attempt on bin Laden transpire?

4. How was it, as related in Chapter 9, that the Pakistani ISI allied with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a means of isolating and defeating rival commanders about Kabul?

5. How was Yuri Andropov introduced in Ghost Wars?

6. How did Robert Gates view Bill Clinton when he flew to meet the president-elect?

7. How had the city of Peshawar evolved by late 1986?

8. How did the Soviets view the war in Afghanistan initially?

9. How was Abdul Haq introduced?

10. What was their response when Tomsen sought Saudi funding to reinforce his alternative "shura" composed of independent rebel Afghan commanders outside ISI control, but where Massoud held a strong role within the movement?

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