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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. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?
(a) 80.
(b) 64.
(c) 70.
(d) 75.

2. 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) At least 30,000.
(b) About 40,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 35,000.

3. In 2011, how long had Leon Panetta been CIA director?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

4. In 2008, how far from Bagram did Black Hawk helicopters carrying Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel have to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 8 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a ceremony held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark President Obama's promise to end the war?

2. When did Lt. Col. Richard Phillips run a combat support hospital in eastern Afghanistan?

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

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

5. According to Pentagon statistics in Chapter 7, how many times had more than 28,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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