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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

2. When Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant, helped to analyze 3,000 Defense Department Contracts to see who was benefiting, what percent of the money went to the Taliban and other insurgent groups?
(a) About 18%.
(b) Not quite 20%.
(c) 31%.
(d) 23%.

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

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

5. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Turkmenistan.
(c) Kyrgyzstan.
(d) Azerbaijan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was annual reconstruction aid to Afghanistan in 2010?

2. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?

3. In Chapter 15, how many armed guards did a convoy of 300 trucks typically require for basic protection?

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

5. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?

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