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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. What ethnic group in Afghanistan sympathized or supported the Taliban jihad against foreign soldiers?
(a) Tajik.
(b) Uzbek.
(c) Pashtun.
(d) Hazara.

2. In Chapter 20, how many people were estimated to live in Helmand?
(a) 750,000 to 3 million.
(b) 500,000 to 1 million.
(c) 900,000 to 2 million.
(d) 1 million to 2 million.

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

4. What did the U.S. unemployment rate peak at in the fall of 2009?
(a) 12%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 8%.

5. What was the total of civilian death in Afghanistan in 2014?
(a) 3,133.
(b) 2,809.
(c) 3,701.
(d) 2,412.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hoiw far behind the times were Afghan farmers?

2. On December 21, 2015, how many were killed by a suicide bomber carrying explosive on a motorcycle near Bagram?

3. How often did Ryan Crocker eat breakfast with Karzai in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 19, when did the Taliban agree to a partial, three-day ceasefire?

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

2. What did a senior U.S. official who served as a civilian in Afghanistan say about Obama's surge strategy being a mistake?

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

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

5. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

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

7. What information did Sherkhan Farnood provide U.S. officials about the Kabul Bank?

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

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

10. What secret mission was Leon Panetta praying would work on May 1, 2011, and what was the outcome of the mission?

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