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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Panetta in Afghanistan for a visit when an Afghan assailant drove a stolen truck onto the tarmac and tried to run over a U.S. Marine general and others in Panetta's welcoming party?
(a) May 2012.
(b) March 2012.
(c) April 2012.
(d) February 2012.

2. In Agusut 2015 when Taliban fighters attacked a Special Operations forces camp in Kabul, how many Afghan guards were killed?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 19, how much would Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster's plan cost to send several thousand soldiers back to Afghanistan and keep the 8,400 troops still there?
(a) $500 million.
(b) $45 billion.
(c) $55 billion.
(d) $750 million.

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

5. What ethnic group in Afghanistan sympathized or supported the Taliban jihad against foreign soldiers?
(a) Pashtun.
(b) Hazara.
(c) Uzbek.
(d) Tajik.

6. Where was Obama when a ceremony was held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark his promise to end the war?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Kabul.

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

8. 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) $26,000.
(c) $18,000.
(d) $32,000.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) Less than 2%.
(b) 5%.
(c) Not quite 3%.
(d) 1%.

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

13. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2009.

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

15. In 2010 what did documents reveal that Farnood and some Kabul Bank shareholders had loaned themselves by tapping deposits?
(a) $1 billion dollars.
(b) $500 million dollars.
(c) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(d) $750 million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 2009, how long had Gates been defense secretary?

2. In August and September 2012, how many U.S. and NATO personnel were killed in fratricidal attacks?

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

4. When did Afghan witnesses report that U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed a wedding party near a remote village in Nangahar province?

5. Where did ta Taliban delegation and the American meet for two weeks in February and March 2019?

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