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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did British Gen. David Richards lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan?
(a) 2006 to 2007.
(b) 2007 to 2008.
(c) 2005 to 2006.
(d) 2004 to 2005.

2. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?
(a) 85% on Iraq and 15% on Afghanistan.
(b) 70% on Iraq and 30% on Afghanistan.
(c) 75% on Iraq and 25% on Afghanistan.
(d) 80% on Iraq and 20% on Afghanistan.

3. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 days.

4. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?
(a) Franklin, Nebraska.
(b) Emerson, Nebraska.
(c) Blue Hill, Nebraska.
(d) Red Cloud, Nebraska.

5. In 2001, how many Afghans had fled the country as refugees?
(a) 2,500,000.
(b) 1,750,000.
(c) About 3 million.
(d) Around 4 million.

6. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?
(a) 750.
(b) About 1,500.
(c) 900.
(d) More than 1,000.

7. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?
(a) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) USS Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) USS George Washington.
(d) USS Abraham Lincoln.

8. According to General Peter Pace, how long beginning in December 2003 did Rumsfeld become "very ill" (52)?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

9. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?
(a) 42.
(b) 60.
(c) 39.
(d) 55.

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

11. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

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

13. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991
(d) 1988.

14. When did Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat and new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan write an op-ed in The Washington Post praising the Afghans for holding a traditional assembly to draft a new constitution?
(a) February 2004.
(b) January 2004.
(c) May 2004.
(d) April 2004.

15. When did Lt. Col. Richard Phillips run a combat support hospital in eastern Afghanistan?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

2. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?

3. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?

4. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?

5. What percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?

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