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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) $700.
(b) $650.
(c) $500.
(d) $450.

2. When did British Gen. David Richards lead U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan?
(a) 2007 to 2008.
(b) 2006 to 2007.
(c) 2004 to 2005.
(d) 2005 to 2006.

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

4. What VIP guest was at Bagram in 2007, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the second checkpoint?
(a) Vice President Dick Cheney.
(b) Petraeus.
(c) Rumsfeld.
(d) President George Bush.

5. What branch of service did Bush fly with when he used to be a fighter pilot?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Colorado Air National Guard.
(c) Navy.
(d) Texas Air National Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2001, of the Taliban captives who suffocated in shipping containers, where were they buried?

2. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

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

4. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?

5. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Operation River Dance?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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