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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how many U.S. Army soldiers were murdered when men who had enlisted in the Afghan National Police ambushed them from the rear at close range?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?
(a) 68 percent.
(b) 41 percent.
(c) 39 percent.
(d) 53 percent.

3. In 2007, how much of the world's supply of opium was generated from Afghanistan?
(a) 90%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 43%.

4. When did Lt. Col. Richard Phillips run a combat support hospital in eastern Afghanistan?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

5. In 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?
(a) $55, 000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $70,000.
(d) $35,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?

2. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?

3. When did Maj. Christopher Plummer, an infantry officer, arrive in Kabul to coordinate training and fielding for the Afghan army?

4. In January 2007, how many troops did Bush announce he would send to Iraq?

5. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?

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