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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 long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

2. When Lute was appointed as war czar to coordinate strategy and police for Iraq and Afghanistan, how did he split his time?
(a) 80% on Iraq and 20% on Afghanistan.
(b) 75% on Iraq and 25% on Afghanistan.
(c) 70% on Iraq and 30% on Afghanistan.
(d) 85% on Iraq and 15% on Afghanistan.

3. How many interviews was The Afghanistan Papers based on?
(a) More than 1,000.
(b) 800.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) 900.

4. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

5. During the early part of the war, where did soldiers have to fly their dirty laundry?
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Kyrgyzstan.
(c) Azerbaijan.
(d) Turkmenistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?

2. What percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?

3. On February 27, 2007, how did the suicide bomber arrive at Bagram Air Base?

4. During the summer of 2006, how many times a week did Bickford and his unit clash with insurgents?

5. When did Maj. Christopher Plummer, an infantry officer, arrive in Kabul to coordinate training and fielding for the Afghan army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Operation River Dance?

2. How did Roger Pardo-Maurer describe Kandahar?

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

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

5. Who was Abdul Rashid Dostum?

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

7. Why was Afghanistan in need of nation-building in 2001?

8. What was one reason why the Afghan war dragged on so?

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

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

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