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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

2. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?
(a) 15 times.
(b) 10 times.
(c) 20 times.
(d) 5 times.

3. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?
(a) $700.
(b) $500.
(c) $650.
(d) $450.

4. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?
(a) 275,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 250,000.

5. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 900.
(b) About 1,200.
(c) 800.
(d) More than 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?

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

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

4. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?

5. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?

(see the answer key)

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