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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 August 2008, how many were killed in Azizabad, mostly children?
(a) 68.
(b) Between 100 and 110.
(c) Between 78 and 92.
(d) 84.

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

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

4. In Chapter 13, when did Obama give a speech about Afghanistan that he realized would be one of the most important of his presidency?
(a) December 23, 2009.
(b) December 7, 2009.
(c) December 11, 2009.
(d) December 1, 2009.

5. Where did Thomas Hutson grow up before he embarked on a Foreign Service career?
(a) Blue Hill, Nebraska.
(b) Emerson, Nebraska.
(c) Red Cloud, Nebraska.
(d) Franklin, Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how many armed guards did a convoy of 300 trucks typically require for basic protection?

2. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?

3. How old was Ryan Crocker, when he arrived to help reopen the shuttered U.S. embassy in Kabul and serve as acting ambassador?

4. When did Taliban gunmen assassinate Karzai's father?

5. In June 2008, how long had McNeill been in Afghanistan?

(see the answer key)

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