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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 Chapter 15, how much money did money launderers lug in suitcases on flights leaving Kabul?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $1 million or more.
(c) Over $2 million.
(d) 750,000.

2. In Chapter 19, within three months after Trump agreed to keep the troop increase in Afghanistan open-ended, how many additional troops were sent?
(a) 4,300.
(b) 4,700.
(c) 5,600.
(d) 5,900.

3. According to Army Gen. John Campbell, how much did the life expectancy for the average Afghan increase since the beginning of the war?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 21 years.
(d) 19 years.

4. In Chapter 20, how much were a network of opium-processing labs said to be generating in drug money for the Taliban?
(a) $580 million.
(b) $320 million.
(c) $425 million.
(d) $200 million.

5. How many combat tours did Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder, Jr., serve in Afghanistan?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how many U.S. Army soldiers were murdered when men who had enlisted in the Afghan National Police ambushed them from the rear at close range?

2. In 2005, how many members of parliament were chosen in Afghanistan held elections?

3. When did Sen. Susan Collins ask Michele Flournoy at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing how the Obama administration would know if the troop surge was successful?

4. How many sleeping villagers did Staff Sgt. Robert Bales kill in two Afghan villages in Kandahar in 2012?

5. In Chapter 13, when did Obama give a speech about Afghanistan that he realized would be one of the most important of his presidency?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Obama have to say about Afghanistan on December 1, 2009?

2. What public image did Petraeus and McChrystal have?

3. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

4. Why were transportation costs high for the supplies the U.S. military needed?

5. What opportunities had the U.S. missed to talk peace with the Taliban?

6. Why was it ironic that the Taliban met in Qatar to discuss peace with the U.S.?

7. What did James Dobbins believe was the key benchmark that revealed the success of the war efforts in Afghanistan?

8. What report on the war did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess provide in February 2012 to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

9. How did the owner of a construction firm profit from sabotage?

10. How did the plans for Afghanistan become more secret under Trump?

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