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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 2009, how many illegal votes did Karzai receive?
(a) 750,000.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 500,000.

2. During the summer of 2006, how many times a week did Bickford and his unit clash with insurgents?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4 or 5.

3. When Ryan Crocker came to help reopen the U.S. embassy in Kabul, where was the closet functioning airport?
(a) 45 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

4. In 2006, how long did Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey believe it would take the Afghan security forces to be able to operate without U.S. help?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 14 years.

5. In 2008, how many soldiers and police did the Bush adminstration determine to field in Afghan?
(a) 150,000 soldiers and 90,000 police.
(b) 100,000 soldiers and 50,000 police.
(c) 134,000 soldiers and 82,000 police.
(d) 125,000 soldiers and 70,000 police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were the circuits McChrystal would run while listening to audio books?

2. In Chapter 17, about how many personnel did the Afghan Local Police have?

3. Hoiw far behind the times were Afghan farmers?

4. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?

5. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?

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