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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In August 2008, how many were killed in Azizabad, mostly children?
(a) 68.
(b) Between 100 and 110.
(c) Between 78 and 92.
(d) 84.

2. What was annual reconstruction aid to Afghanistan in 2010?
(a) $6 billion.
(b) $9 billion.
(c) $14 billion.
(d) $17 billion.

3. When was Operation Iron Tempest launched?
(a) September 2017.
(b) November 2017.
(c) October 2017.
(d) December 2017.

4. In 2005, how many members of parliament were chosen in Afghanistan held elections?
(a) 405.
(b) 352.
(c) 316.
(d) 289.

5. When was a ceremony held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark President Obama's promise to end the war?
(a) December 2, 2014.
(b) December 28, 2014.
(c) December 19, 2014.
(d) December 22, 2014.

6. When did President Joe Biden promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan?
(a) January 1, 2021.
(b) December 31, 2021.
(c) September 11, 2021.
(d) June 1, 2021.

7. When did Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

8. In Chapter 13, when did Obama give a speech about Afghanistan that he realized would be one of the most important of his presidency?
(a) December 23, 2009.
(b) December 7, 2009.
(c) December 11, 2009.
(d) December 1, 2009.

9. On December 21, 2015, how many were killed by a suicide bomber carrying explosive on a motorcycle near Bagram?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

10. When Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant, helped to analyze 3,000 Defense Department Contracts to see who was benefiting, what percent of the money went to the Taliban and other insurgent groups?
(a) About 18%.
(b) 23%.
(c) Not quite 20%.
(d) 31%.

11. How much did B-52s and F22s cost to operate per hour, not counting the expense of the munitions in Chapter 20?
(a) $41,000.
(b) $18,000.
(c) $26,000.
(d) $32,000.

12. When was the second presidential election in Afghanistan?
(a) August 28, 2009.
(b) August 11, 2009.
(c) August 20, 2009.
(d) August 2, 2009.

13. In Chapter 15, how much money did money launderers lug in suitcases on flights leaving Kabul?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) Over $2 million.
(c) 750,000.
(d) $1 million or more.

14. In 2014, what was the sum of improper loans from Kabul Bank that had still not been repaid?
(a) $633 million.
(b) $493 million.
(c) $714 million.
(d) $581 million.

15. When were a team of Navy SEALs sent on a secret mission to raid a compound in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was rumored to be hiding?
(a) May 29, 2011.
(b) May 11, 2011.
(c) May 1, 2011.
(d) May 18, 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. What timeline did Obama impose after agreeing to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2009?

2. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?

3. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?

4. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?

5. In Chapter 21 when the U.S. military and Afghan anti-narcotics officials confiscated or destroyed tens of thousands of kilos of opium annually, what percent of the opium Afghanistan produced was destroyed?

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