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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. When did Karzai attend high school in Kabul?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

2. By 2009, how long had Gates been defense secretary?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) 3 1/2 years.

3. In Agusut 2015 when Taliban fighters attacked a Special Operations forces camp in Kabul, how many Afghan guards were killed?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

4. When did Trump deliver a speech to announce his strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
(a) August 29, 2017.
(b) August 3, 2017.
(c) August 21, 2017.
(d) August 17, 2017.

5. When did an Afghan driver fatally shoot two Spanish police officers who had worked closely with him for six months?
(a) August 2010.
(b) September 2010.
(c) July 2010.
(d) June 2010.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Panetta in Afghanistan for a visit when an Afghan assailant drove a stolen truck onto the tarmac and tried to run over a U.S. Marine general and others in Panetta's welcoming party?

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

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

4. How old was Army Gen. Scott Miller's son, Austin, when the Afghan war started?

5. What timeline did Obama impose after agreeing to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2009?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was it difficult to hold opium drug lords accountable?

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

10. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

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