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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Taliban Comes Back, 2006-2008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On February 27, 2007, how did the suicide bomber arrive at Bagram Air Base?
(a) Toyota Corolla.
(b) Ford Escort.
(c) Mazda MPV.
(d) Honda Accord.

2. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 1 days.

3. 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.

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

5. 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) 8 miles.
(c) 17 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What VIP guest was at Bagram in 2007, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the second checkpoint?

2. 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?

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

4. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?

5. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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