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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?
(a) $700.
(b) $500.
(c) $450.
(d) $650.

2. 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) 10 weeks.
(c) 8 week.
(d) 12 weeks.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 11, what type of tractors were used in March 2006 to destroy poppy fields?
(a) Kubota.
(b) John Deere.
(c) Case IH.
(d) Massey Ferguson.

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

6. In 2008 with the addition of 3,000 troops, how large was the U.S. force in Afghanistan?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 36,000.
(c) 28,000.
(d) 31,000.

7. Between 2001 and 2020, how much money did the U.S. allocated for reconstruction, aid programs, and Afghan security forces?
(a) $119 billion.
(b) $122 billion.
(c) $137 billion.
(d) $143 billion.

8. In 2007, how much of the world's supply of opium was generated from Afghanistan?
(a) 43%.
(b) 68%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 55%.

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

10. In the 2001 Bonn Agreement, was the Afghan traditional assembly of elders and leaders supposed to write a constitution?
(a) 1 1/2 years.
(b) Within 3 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) Within 2 years.

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

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

13. When did the first U.S. Special Operations forces enter Afghanistan?
(a) October 10.
(b) October 19.
(c) October 17.
(d) October 15.

14. When did Marin Strmecki, a trusted civilian adviser deliver a 40-page classified report titled, "Afghanistan at a Crossroads" (98)?
(a) August 17, 2006.
(b) August 24, 2006.
(c) August 2, 2006.
(d) August 29, 2006.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

2. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?

3. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

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

5. When did Maj. Christopher Plummer, an infantry officer, arrive in Kabul to coordinate training and fielding for the Afghan army?

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