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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. When did Zalmay Khalilzad believe the U.S. should have sat down and talked with the Taliban?
(a) December 2001.
(b) December 2004.
(c) December 2003.
(d) December 2002.

5. What country accepted the task of creating a new Afghan police force?
(a) British.
(b) Italians.
(c) French.
(d) Germans.

6. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Uruzgan.
(d) Helmand province.

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

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

9. 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) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

10. When did Fahim Khan die of natural causes?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2013.

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

12. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Grenada.
(c) Grenadines.
(d) Martinique.

13. When did Bush appoint Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, as war czar to coordinate strategy and policy for Iraq and Afghanistan?
(a) Summer 2007.
(b) Fall 2007.
(c) Winter 2007.
(d) Spring 2007.

14. By the end of 2006, by what percent did the number of acres under cultivation for poppies increase?
(a) 48.
(b) 59.
(c) 72.
(d) 61.

15. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?
(a) Abbottabad.
(b) Khaldan.
(c) Tora Bora.
(d) Nangarhar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What VIP guest was at Bagram in 2007, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the second checkpoint?

2. In Chapter 11, what type of tractors were used in March 2006 to destroy poppy fields?

3. When did Marin Strmecki, a trusted civilian adviser deliver a 40-page classified report titled, "Afghanistan at a Crossroads" (98)?

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

5. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?

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