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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) January 2004.
(b) May 2004.
(c) February 2004.
(d) April 2004.

3. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?
(a) Colorado Air National Guard.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Navy.
(d) Texas Air National Guard.

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

5. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 16 months.
(c) 14 months.
(d) 18 months.

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

7. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?
(a) November 2.
(b) September 13.
(c) December 8.
(d) October 21.

8. When did the U.S. military take over most of the responsibility for training the Afghan police?
(a) Spring 2005.
(b) Fall 2005.
(c) Winter 2005.
(d) Summer 2005.

9. By December 2001, how many troops were on the ground in all of Afghanistan?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,225.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,400.

10. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?
(a) November 30, 2006.
(b) November 5, 2006.
(c) November 8, 2006.
(d) November 19, 2006.

11. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1981.

12. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2005.

13. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?
(a) 6 to 12 months.
(b) A year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 to 8 months.

14. 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 25, 2003.
(b) April 19, 2003.
(c) April 9, 2003.
(d) April 30, 2003.

15. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
(a) About 40.
(b) Around 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?

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?

3. In January 2007, how many troops did Bush announce he would send to Iraq?

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

5. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?

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