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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 2011, how long had Leon Panetta been CIA director?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. When did Karzai establish an Afghan High Peace Council to coordinate overtures with senior Taliban figures?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2012.

3. When Trump made his speech to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, how long had the war been in progress?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. In Chapter 21, how long had five of the Taliban negotiators been locked up at Guantanamo Bay?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 9 years.

5. How far was the Kajaki Dam from Kandahar?
(a) About 100 miles.
(b) Not quite 90 miles.
(c) 95 miles.
(d) 75 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a 2014 Washington Post-ABC News poll, how many American believed the war had been wroth fighting?

2. By September 2017 by some estimates, how many Afghan soldiers and police were killed daily?

3. How long did Marine Gen. John Allen serve as commander of U.S. and NATO forces?

4. What was annual reconstruction aid to Afghanistan in 2010?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the Afghan army and police forces look strong on paper?

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Gen. David McKiernan fired in 2009?

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

10. In Chapter 16, why was Obama's war strategy failing?

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