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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Director of National Intelligence James Clapper serve as an analyst briefer for General William Westmoreland in Vietnam?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1967.

2. How many sleeping villagers did Staff Sgt. Robert Bales kill in two Afghan villages in Kandahar in 2012?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

3. 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) 31%.
(b) 23%.
(c) Not quite 20%.
(d) About 18%.

4. When did Afghan witnesses report that U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed a wedding party near a remote village in Nangahar province?
(a) July 11, 2008.
(b) June 22, 2008.
(c) June 4, 2008.
(d) July 6, 2008.

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

6. 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) 5%.
(b) 1%.
(c) Less than 2%.
(d) Not quite 3%.

7. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?
(a) 23.
(b) 39.
(c) 47.
(d) 58.

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

9. When did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Obama's troop surge and war strategy did little to deter the insurgency?
(a) February 2012.
(b) April 2012.
(c) January 2012.
(d) March 2012.

10. How many MOABs were dropped during Trump's term in office?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

11. 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 11, 2009.
(b) December 1, 2009.
(c) December 7, 2009.
(d) December 23, 2009.

12. In 2009, how many more troops did Obama agree to send to Afghanistan?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 21,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 34,000.

13. In Chapter 20, how much were a network of opium-processing labs said to be generating in drug money for the Taliban?
(a) $320 million.
(b) $200 million.
(c) $425 million.
(d) $580 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did President Joe Biden promise to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 21, how long had five of the Taliban negotiators been locked up at Guantanamo Bay?

4. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?

5. When Trump made his speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, how long had the war been in progress?

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