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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. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?
(a) 85%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 80%.

2. Over 20 years, how much would Washington spend on security assistance to the Afghan government?
(a) $75 billion.
(b) About $90 billion.
(c) $90 billion.
(d) More than $85 billion.

3. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) Around 50.
(b) 35.
(c) About 40.
(d) 60.

4. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?
(a) November 30, 2006.
(b) November 5, 2006.
(c) November 19, 2006.
(d) November 8, 2006.

5. How much money did Farnood say that Kabul Bank had given to Karzai's reelection campaign?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $11 million.
(d) $15 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how much money did money launderers lug in suitcases on flights leaving Kabul?

2. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?

3. 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?

4. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?

5. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

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