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

2. When did the U.S. military begin making plans to take Baghdad?
(a) February 2002.
(b) January 2002.
(c) November 2001.
(d) December 2001.

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

4. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?
(a) $520 million.
(b) $388 million.
(c) $466 million.
(d) $605 million.

5. How many American were badly wounded during a fight that began after a report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black had crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?

2. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?

3. In Chapter 7, when did a CIA Predator drone glimpse a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black and cross the Pakistan border into Afghanistan near Firebase Shikin?

4. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?

5. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?

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