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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) 900.
(b) About 1,200.
(c) More than 1,000.
(d) 800.

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

3. In 2002, what percent of the staff in the Afghan Finance Ministry could not read or write?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 65.
(d) 25.

4. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?
(a) 90%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 85%.

5. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?
(a) 15 times.
(b) 20 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 5 times.

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

7. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?
(a) 11 years.
(b) About 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) Almost 7 years.

8. What VIP guest was at Bagram in 2007, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the second checkpoint?
(a) Rumsfeld.
(b) Petraeus.
(c) President George Bush.
(d) Vice President Dick Cheney.

9. On February 27, 2007, how did the suicide bomber arrive at Bagram Air Base?
(a) Honda Accord.
(b) Toyota Corolla.
(c) Mazda MPV.
(d) Ford Escort.

10. By 2006, how much of Afghanistan's entire economic output did U.S. officials estimate that poppies powered?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

11. In 2001, of the Taliban captives who suffocated in shipping containers, where were they buried?
(a) Nangarhar.
(b) Sheberghan.
(c) Faryab.
(d) Baghlan.

12. When did the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?
(a) October 13, 2001.
(b) October 2, 2001.
(c) October 7, 2001.
(d) October 27, 2001.

13. In Chapter 7, when did a CIA Predator drone glimpse a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black and cross the Pakistan border into Afghanistan near Firebase Shikin?
(a) April 30, 2003.
(b) April 9, 2003.
(c) April 25, 2003.
(d) April 19, 2003.

14. How long did it take the U.S. and its allies to topple the Taliban-led government in Kabul?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) Less than 6 weeks.
(c) 9 weeks.
(d) About 8 weeks.

15. How many people were killed in New York city, northern Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
(a) 3,138.
(b) 3,017.
(c) 2,849.
(d) 2,977.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?

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

3. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?

4. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?

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

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