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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pentagon statistics in Chapter 7, how many times had more than 28,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan?
(a) At least 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5 or more.
(d) 4.

2. When was Robert Gates summoned to meet with Bush in Chapter 9?
(a) November 19, 2006.
(b) November 30, 2006.
(c) November 5, 2006.
(d) November 8, 2006.

3. When Ryan Crocker came to help reopen the U.S. embassy in Kabul, where was the closet functioning airport?
(a) 45 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 30 miles.

4. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 20 times.
(c) 15 times.
(d) 10 times.

5. On Mayt 1, 2003, in what aircraft carrier did Bush fly to and give a speech?
(a) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) USS Abraham Lincoln.
(c) USS George Washington.
(d) USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, spend a pleasant summer in Afghanistan?

2. How many people were killed at the Pentagon when American Airlines flight 77 hit the building?

3. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?

4. In 2014, how much money did The Washington Post report that Dostum had been receiving monthly in CIA funds routed through the Afghan president palace?

5. In 2005, where did Maj. Daniel Lovett have pre-deployment training?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Rumsfeld's snowflakes?

2. What happened on February 27, 2007, at Bagram Air Base?

3. What message did Staff Sgt. John Bickford have to say about the Taliban in 2006?

4. What struggles did Lt. Gen. David Barno have when he was sent to Afghanistan 2003?

5. What signs were there that Operation River Dance accomplished little?

6. What did Rumsfeld tell reporters about spreading lies as the U.S. preared for war in Afghanistan?

7. How did the war in Afghanistan transform Bush's political standing?

8. What was Operation River Dance?

9. Why did Army Maj. William Burley grow a beard when he went to Afghanistan?

10. How did some U.S. officials say that the Bush administration looked away from Afghanistan?

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