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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. According to Pentagon statistics in Chapter 7, how many times had more than 28,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan?
(a) At least 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5 or more.
(d) 7.

3. In January 2007, how many troops did Bush announce he would send to Iraq?
(a) 49,000.
(b) 30,700.
(c) 21,500.
(d) 50,400.

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

5. 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) 10 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 8 week.

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

7. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

8. When did Germany agree to over see Afghan police training?
(a) Spring 2002.
(b) Early 2002.
(c) Summer 2002.
(d) Late 2002.

9. In 2005, where did Maj. Daniel Lovett have pre-deployment training?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Texas.

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

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

12. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 8 months.

13. In 2008, how far from Bagram did Black Hawk helicopters carrying Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel have to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 17 miles.
(d) 8 miles.

14. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 350,000.
(d) 275,000.

15. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?

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

3. On May 1, how long was Rumsfeld's trip to Kabul?

4. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?

5. When did the American embassy in Kabul close?

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