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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. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?
(a) 42.
(b) 60.
(c) 39.
(d) 55.

2. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?
(a) Not quite 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) About 15.

3. How many assailants were responsible for the killings in Zabul in 2012?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Helmand province.
(c) Uruzgan.
(d) Kabul.

5. How many sleeping villagers did Staff Sgt. Robert Bales kill in two Afghan villages in Kandahar in 2012?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?

2. What percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?

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

4. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?

5. When did the U.S. military begin making plans to take Baghdad?

(see the answer key)

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