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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 did Bush appoint Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, as war czar to coordinate strategy and policy for Iraq and Afghanistan?
(a) Spring 2007.
(b) Winter 2007.
(c) Summer 2007.
(d) Fall 2007.

2. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?
(a) June 2004.
(b) August 2004.
(c) September 2004.
(d) July 2004.

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

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

5. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?
(a) Not quite 20.
(b) 18.
(c) About 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany agree to over see Afghan police training?

2. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?

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

4. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?

5. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?

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