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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 percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?
(a) 72%.
(b) 68%.
(c) Around 90%.
(d) About 85%.

2. When did the U.S. Agency for International Development build irrigation canals in the Helmand River valley?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1950s.

3. How many assailants were responsible for the killings in Zabul in 2012?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

4. In August and September 2012, how many U.S. and NATO personnel were killed in fratricidal attacks?
(a) 19.
(b) 41.
(c) 22.
(d) 38.

5. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?
(a) 53 percent.
(b) 39 percent.
(c) 41 percent.
(d) 68 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, when did Rumsfeld give a speech in Phoenix citing indicators of progress in Afghanistan?

2. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?

3. How long did it take the U.S. and its allies to topple the Taliban-led government in Kabul?

4. Where was Obama when a ceremony was held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark his promise to end the war?

5. In 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?

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