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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. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?
(a) $500.
(b) $650.
(c) $700.
(d) $450.

2. How long at then-Capt. Gregory Trahan been at Firebase Shkiin when there was a report of a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black who crossed the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
(a) 8 week.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

3. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?
(a) November 2.
(b) October 21.
(c) December 8.
(d) September 13.

4. In 2016, how long had Whitlock spent as a beat reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military for The Washington Post?
(a) 5 years.
(b) Almost 7 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) About 10 years.

5. Between 2001 and 2020, how much money did the U.S. allocated for reconstruction, aid programs, and Afghan security forces?
(a) $119 billion.
(b) $137 billion.
(c) $143 billion.
(d) $122 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?

2. When did bin Laden and al-Qaeda declare war aginst the U.S.?

3. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

4. In 2007, how much of the world's supply of opium was generated from Afghanistan?

5. How many people were killed in New York city, northern Virginia, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania in the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems were there with the U.S. building a security force in Afghanistan?

2. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?

3. How was the U.S. backed by NATO and others when it declared war against al-Qaeda?

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

5. Why did Maj. Christian Anderson complain about the training he received for his task of advising an Afghan border police unit?

6. What transportation does Bush take when he gives an adddress on May 1, 2003 and where does he give his address?

7. How did American struggle to determine whose side Pakistan was on?

8. How did Roger Pardo-Maurer describe Kandahar?

9. How were Special Forces team mobiled to influence the emotions, thinking and behavior of ordinary Afghans and their leaders and how successful were they?

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

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