1. How many people were killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines flight 77 hit the building?
(a) 229.
(b) 174.
(c) 189.
(d) 211.

2. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/3.

3. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?
(a) December 2003.
(b) December 2004.
(c) December 2001.
(d) December 2002.

4. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

5. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?
(a) Martinique.
(b) Grenadines.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Grenada.

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. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?

3. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?

4. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?

5. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?

(see the answer key)

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