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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. What does Franks say about Bush's efforts?

2. What does the media call the first week of the war?

3. Who is rescued on April 2?

4. Where did Saddam Hussein get his billions of dollars?

5. How many troops does Franks say he will need in the Iraq war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Franks say the dynamic between Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld is?

2. What does Franks think would take men out of the enemy army?

3. What does Fahim demand to uphold his side of his plan?

4. What evidence of Weapons of Mass Destruction does the Coalition find?

5. What does Franks do when his wife visits Afghanistan with him?

6. What is Franks accused of in May 2002?

7. What is the first target of the Iraq War, and what happens?

8. Why does Franks not want to present his plan to the Join Chiefs of Staff?

9. What are the phases of Franks's plan to defeat terrorism?

10. What does Franks do when Rumsfeld says nothing is working?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the relationship like between Franks and President Bush, and how did this relationship change over the course of the war?

Essay Topic 2

Choosing sides was something Franks had to do often in his lifetime. What are some of the examples of this in the book, and how did it affect the people involved in those decisions?

Essay Topic 3

Franks and Rumsfeld were two men who were very similar in their natures, but were markedly different in other ways. Use some examples from the text to compare and contrast these two dynamic personalities.

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