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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1997.

2. 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 25, 2003.
(b) April 19, 2003.
(c) April 9, 2003.
(d) April 30, 2003.

3. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) Italians.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Germans.

4. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

5. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?
(a) Navy.
(b) Texas Air National Guard.
(c) Colorado Air National Guard.
(d) Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 2007, how many troops did Bush announce he would send to Iraq?

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

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

4. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?

5. In May 2009, how many fellow service members were gunned down by a U.S. Army sergeant?

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