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

2. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?
(a) About 1,500.
(b) 750.
(c) More than 1,000.
(d) 900.

3. In 2008 with the addition of 3,000 troops, how large was the U.S. force in Afghanistan?
(a) 36,000.
(b) 28,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 31,000.

4. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Kyrgyzstan.
(c) Azerbaijan.
(d) Turkmenistan.

5. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?
(a) September 19, 2001.
(b) September 14, 2001.
(c) September 28, 2001.
(d) September 21, 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?

2. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?

3. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?

4. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?

5. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?

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