1. By the end of Obama's second term in office, how many Afghan soldiers did U.S. officials determine did not exist and removed their position from the army payroll?
(a) 45,000.
(b) About 40,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) At least 30,000.

2. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?
(a) Colorado Air National Guard.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Texas Air National Guard.
(d) Navy.

3. In 2001, of the Taliban captives who suffocated in shipping containers, where were they buried?
(a) Sheberghan.
(b) Faryab.
(c) Nangarhar.
(d) Baghlan.

4. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?
(a) Winter 2005.
(b) Fall 2005.
(c) Summer 2005.
(d) Spring 2005.

5. When did Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spend a pleasant summer in Afghanistan?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat and new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan write an op-ed in The Washington Post praising the Afghans for holding a traditional assembly to draft a new constitution?

2. On December 21, 2015, how many were killed by a suicide bomber carrying explosive on a motorcycle near Bagram?

3. What was the total of civilian death in Afghanistan in 2014?

4. When did the U.S. Agency for International Development build irrigation canals in the Helmand River valley?

5. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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