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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. Where did Massoud live from the age of 11?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Tehran.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Kabul.

2. The Taliban leaders met with Saudi intelligence as they had to learn how to form and operate what?
(a) Islamic government.
(b) Taliban intelligence unit.
(c) Financial gathering operations.
(d) Rebel commando units.

3. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?
(a) Peter Timmons.
(b) Peter Thompson.
(c) Thomas Peterson.
(d) Peter Tomsen.

4. The CIA and ISI planned another offensive to build the strength of Massoud and other rebel leaders that called for them to take Kabul in which winter?
(a) 1990-1991.
(b) 1988-1989.
(c) 1987-1988.
(d) 1989-1990.

5. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?
(a) Karl F. "Rick" Inderfurth.
(b) Edmund McWilliams.
(c) William Milam.
(d) Madeleine Albright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yousef received jihad bomb training and participated in the attack where?

2. Yosef and his associates also had plans to hijack a plane and crash it where?

3. The CIA did not favor the use of Stingers because they could be used by terrorists against what?

4. Since Pakistan was close to having nuclear capability, American aid ended under what law?

5. By 1996, Massoud's popularity stood where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Panjshiris seen by 1994?

2. What were some of Benazir Bhutto's goals when elected for a second term as Pakistan's prime minister?

3. What weapons systems did the CIA Afghan program provide in late 1985?

4. In the opening of Chapter 5, what did CIA director William Casey relay to President Ronald Reagan in January 1984?

5. How was Paul Pillar described when he arrived at the Counterterrorist Center in Chapter 14?

6. Where were Schroen's assignments in the decade subsequent to the embassy riots in Islamabad in 1979?

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

8. How did Haq's relationship with the CIA begin?

9. How did the Prologue to Ghost Wars open?

10. How were the rebels trained to clear Soviet-laid minefields around Jalalabad?

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