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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. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

2. How many years of civil war did the warlords have behind them in Chapter 10?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

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) $122 billion.
(c) $143 billion.
(d) $137 billion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the 2001 Bonn Agreement, was the Afghan traditional assembly of elders and leaders supposed to write a constitution?

3. When did the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?

4. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

5. When did the U.S. military begin making plans to take Baghdad?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was imposing a strong, centralized government in Afghanistan foolish according to American soldiers and Lt. Col. Todd Guggisberg?

3. What did Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute say about strategic thinking in regards to Afghanistan?

4. What did an Afghan general said about the three different types of Taliban in Chapter 8?

5. What was Bagram like when the war started and how did it change?

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

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

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

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

10. What were Richard Boucher's thoughts about dealing with warlords?

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