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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, about how many personnel did the Afghan Local Police have?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 35,000.

2. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

3. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?
(a) Nangarhar.
(b) Tora Bora.
(c) Khaldan.
(d) Abbottabad.

4. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Germans.
(d) Italians.

5. How many American were badly wounded during a fight that began after a report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black had crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?

2. In 2009, how many more troops did Obama agree to send to Afghanistan?

3. How many sleeping villagers did Staff Sgt. Robert Bales kill in two Afghan villages in Kandahar in 2012?

4. How long did it take the U.S. and its allies to topple the Taliban-led government in Kabul?

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

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