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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. Where did Karzai further his education after high school?
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Egypt.

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

3. 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) $200 million.
(c) $320 million.
(d) $425 million.

4. In a 2014 Washington Post-ABC News poll, how many American believed the war had been wroth fighting?
(a) 38%.
(b) 17%.
(c) 42%.
(d) 21%.

5. How many soldiers were injured in the killings in Zabul in 2012?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 2002 and 2017, how much did the U.S. spend on drug interdiction in Afghanistan?

2. Where did Trump give his televised speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan?

3. 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?

4. How many MOABs were dropped during Trump's term in office?

5. When was a ceremony held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark President Obama's promise to end the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems were there with the quality of the Afghan recruits?

2. How did insider assaults increase in 2012?

3. What corruption erupted after Karzai was reelected, and in what way was the U.S. partially responsible?

4. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

5. What went wrong with an airstrike on July 6, 2008?

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

7. What problems were there with the plan to rebuild the aging hydroelectric power station at the Kajaki Dam?

8. Why were poppies easier to cultivate than other crops amid all the fighting?

9. How and why did Karzai steal the 2009 election?

10. In Chapter 19, why did Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster favor sending additional soldiers back to Afghanistan?

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