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

2. In 2010 what did documents reveal that Farnood and some Kabul Bank shareholders had loaned themselves by tapping deposits?
(a) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(b) $500 million dollars.
(c) $750 million dollars.
(d) $1 billion dollars.

3. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?
(a) October 21.
(b) November 2.
(c) December 8.
(d) September 13.

4. 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) 31%.
(b) 23%.
(c) Not quite 20%.
(d) About 18%.

5. In Agusut 2015 when Taliban fighters attacked a Special Operations forces camp in Kabul, how many Afghan guards were killed?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, when did Obama give a speech about Afghanistan that he realized would be one of the most important of his presidency?

2. How many Afghans were killed when a State Department-leased aircraft crashed into mud-brick houses in Helmand on April 24, 2006?

3. When did the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?

4. How long were the circuits McChrystal would run while listening to audio books?

5. In 2008, how far from Bagram did Black Hawk helicopters carrying Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel have to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm?

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