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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. 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) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

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

4. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 months.

5. How long at then-Capt. Gregory Trahan been at Firebase Shkiin when there was a report of a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black who crossed the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 8 week.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. On February 27, 2007, how did the suicide bomber arrive at Bagram Air Base?

2. In the 2001 Bonn Agreement, was the Afghan traditional assembly of elders and leaders supposed to write a constitution?

3. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?

4. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?

5. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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