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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 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $70,000.
(d) $55, 000.

2. What percent of Afghan police recruits did a Norwegian official estimate deserted with their government-issued weapons so they could establish checkpoints and rob people?
(a) 30%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

3. 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) 20 miles.
(b) 17 miles.
(c) 12 miles.
(d) 8 miles.

4. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1991
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.

5. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?
(a) 39 percent.
(b) 41 percent.
(c) 68 percent.
(d) 53 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2001, how many Afghans had fled the country as refugees?

2. How many combat tours did Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder, Jr., serve in Afghanistan?

3. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?

4. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?

5. In the 2001 Bonn Agreement, was the Afghan traditional assembly of elders and leaders supposed to write a constitution?

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