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

2. When did Germany agree to over see Afghan police training?
(a) Spring 2002.
(b) Late 2002.
(c) Summer 2002.
(d) Early 2002.

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?
(a) April 19, 2003.
(b) April 25, 2003.
(c) April 30, 2003.
(d) April 9, 2003.

4. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?
(a) 52.
(b) 50.
(c) 49.
(d) 47.

5. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 to 12 months.
(c) 4 to 8 months.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Agency for International Development build irrigation canals in the Helmand River valley?

2. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?

3. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?

4. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?

5. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

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