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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years early was Haji Lal Jan Ishaqzai released after he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison for trafficking opium?
(a) 19 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 17 years.

2. When Trump made his speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, how long had the war been in progress?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 13 years.

3. 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 18, 2011.
(b) May 1, 2011.
(c) May 29, 2011.
(d) May 11, 2011.

4. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

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) 5.
(d) 11.

6. How old was Army Gen. Scott Miller's son, Austin, when the Afghan war started?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) Preschooler.
(d) Toddler.

7. When did Sen. Susan Collins ask Michele Flournoy at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing how the Obama administration would know if the troop surge was successful?
(a) April 2009.
(b) May 2009.
(c) June 2009.
(d) March 2009.

8. 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) April 2012.
(b) March 2012.
(c) January 2012.
(d) February 2012.

9. Hoiw far behind the times were Afghan farmers?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 50 years.

10. Where did ta Taliban delegation and the American meet for two weeks in February and March 2019?
(a) Bahrain.
(b) Yemen.
(c) Qatar.
(d) Jordan.

11. By the summer of 2012, how many troops were in Afghanistan?
(a) 81,000.
(b) 67,000.
(c) 73,000.
(d) 90,000.

12. In 2011, how long had Leon Panetta been CIA director?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

13. By the end of Obama's second term in office, how many Afghan soldiers did U.S. officials determine did not exist and removed their position from the army payroll?
(a) About 40,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) At least 30,000.

14. What timeline did Obama impose after agreeing to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2009?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 36 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 24 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Before becoming defense secretary, how long did James Mattis serve in the Marines?

2. How many MOABs were dropped during Trump's term in office?

3. During General Nicholson's November 2017 news briefings, what percent of Afghanistan's population did he say lived in districts controlled by the government?

4. In Chapter 20, how much were a network of opium-processing labs said to be generating in drug money for the Taliban?

5. In Chapter 20, how many people were estimated to live in Helmand?

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