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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Things Fall Apart, 2011-2016.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, what type of tractors were used in March 2006 to destroy poppy fields?
(a) Case IH.
(b) Kubota.
(c) Massey Ferguson.
(d) John Deere.

3. In 2006, how much of people's income of the Helmand province came from selling poppy?
(a) 90%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 85%.
(d) 95%.

4. By the summer of 2012, how many troops were in Afghanistan?
(a) 67,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 81,000.
(d) 73,000.

5. In Chapter 6, for how long did most troops deploy to the war zone in Afghanistan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 to 8 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 6 to 12 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat and new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan write an op-ed in The Washington Post praising the Afghans for holding a traditional assembly to draft a new constitution?

2. How many soldiers were injured in the killings in Zabul in 2012?

3. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?

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

5. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?

(see the answer key)

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