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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. What does Avrakotos see in Wilson?
(a) A kindred spirit.
(b) A rival.
(c) A unique man.
(d) An enemy.

2. During Christmas of 1986, how does Wilson reward eighteen months of good behavior?
(a) With one night of drinking.
(b) With a dinner out.
(c) With a celebration.
(d) With a party.

3. For what does Wilson continue to push the CIA?
(a) An end to the war.
(b) A secretive war effort.
(c) A smaller war effort.
(d) A bigger war effort.

4. In the beginning of 1986, who takes over in Afghanistan?
(a) Milt Bearden.
(b) Mohammed Zahir Shah.
(c) Habibullah Kalakani.
(d) Mohammed Nadir Shah.

5. What serves to boost morale?
(a) A report that the Russians had moved out of Afghanistan.
(b) A report of one Afghan fighter shooting down three Russian helicopters.
(c) A report that the war in Afghanistan was waning.
(d) A report that the Americans had pulled out of Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Avrokotos response faze Wilson?

2. How does Wilson's assistant show that he has become very passionate about the cause?

3. What detailed look does the author give?

4. Why does Pakistani General Yasouf move to block the plan?

5. Why does Avrakotos take the move uncharacteristically quietly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What truce is decided upon in Geneva?

2. What happens as soon as Wilson arrives home?

3. Why does the CIA begin to worry about the mujahideen?

4. What does the author do in Chapter Thirty-three?

5. Why does Vickers worry about his plan? How is he surprised?

6. Under what department do the wars in Afghanistan and between Iran and Iraq fall? What does this agency feel about this?

7. What does the enormous budget for Afghanistan do for Avrakotos?

8. What happens by September of 1986?

9. How does 1985 become the key in the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan?

10. What takes place in 1984 in Wilson's life?

(see the answer keys)

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