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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Obama's Overreach, 2009-2010.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2014, what was the sum of improper loans from Kabul Bank that had still not been repaid?
(a) $633 million.
(b) $714 million.
(c) $493 million.
(d) $581 million.

2. When Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant, helped to analyze 3,000 Defense Department Contracts to see who was benefiting, what percent of the money went to the Taliban and other insurgent groups?
(a) 23%.
(b) About 18%.
(c) Not quite 20%.
(d) 31%.

3. Where was Karzai living on 9/11?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Iran.
(c) India.
(d) Pakistan.

4. How many troops deployed to Afghanistan over two decades?
(a) 775,000.
(b) 680,000.
(c) 825,000.
(d) 920,000.

5. In Chapter 15, how many armed guards did a convoy of 300 trucks typically require for basic protection?
(a) 450.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 750.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what time had most al-Qaeda followers left Afghanistan and fled to Pakistan, iran, and other countries?

3. As of August 2020, how many female U.S. troops had been killed in Afghanistan?

4. When did Marin Strmecki, a trusted civilian adviser deliver a 40-page classified report titled, "Afghanistan at a Crossroads" (98)?

5. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?

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