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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Great Distraction, 2003-2005.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

3. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,225.
(d) 3,400.

4. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?
(a) $605 million.
(b) $466 million.
(c) $520 million.
(d) $388 million.

5. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?
(a) Blue Hill, Nebraska.
(b) Red Cloud, Nebraska.
(c) Emerson, Nebraska.
(d) Franklin, Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?

2. How long after the invasion of Iraq did Bush take a Navy warplane to an aircraft carrier?

3. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

4. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

5. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?

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