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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2004.

2. 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 9, 2003.
(c) April 19, 2003.
(d) April 30, 2003.

3. When did Congress authorize the use of military foce against al-Qaeda and its supporters?
(a) September 14, 2001.
(b) September 21, 2001.
(c) September 19, 2001.
(d) September 28, 2001.

4. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?
(a) Kyrgyzstan.
(b) Azerbaijan.
(c) Turkmenistan.
(d) Uzbekistan.

5. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?
(a) 49.
(b) 52.
(c) 47.
(d) 50.

6. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Football.

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

8. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

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

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

13. After December 2001, how long did it take before the U.S. could pinpoint bin Laden's location again?
(a) A dozen years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) A decade.
(d) 8 years.

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

15. When Plummer first arrived in Kabul, out of 800 Afghan recruits, how many passed the marksmanship test?
(a) 75.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 64.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet invade Afghanistan?

2. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?

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?

4. By the end of 2006, by what percent did the number of acres under cultivation for poppies increase?

5. When did the U.S. Agency for International Development build irrigation canals in the Helmand River valley?

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