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

2. Yosef was brought back to the U.S. on what date where he told the FBI that he was inspired by certain leaders but refused to say who?

3. There were how many direct contacts between a CIA officer and bin Laden in the 1980s?

4. By the mid-1980s, the Afghan rebels were staging attacks within what borders?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the major concerns of the U.S. embassy at Kabul in early 1988?

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

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

4. How did the Prologue to Ghost Wars open?

5. What were some of the elements of Michael Pillsbury's goal in Afghanistan?

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

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

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

9. How did Ahmed Badeeb sneak through Pakistani customs with over $1.8 million in U.S. cash?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the title of Chapter 17, "Dangling the Carrot," in reference to? Why did Unocal's Marty Miller get out of his truck when it crossed into Pakistan at the conclusion of the chapter, kiss the ground, then do a little jig?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Hamburg cell evolve?

Essay Topic 3

What was the cable draft that Timothy Carney found when he arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, in November 1996 that appalled him? What was ensured? What was the final outcome of that matter?

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