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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Taliban Comes Back, 2006-2008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ryan Crocker become ambassador to Pakistan?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2004.

2. How long did it take to get the transcripts from the SIGAR interviews?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. During the summer of 2006, how many times a week did Bickford and his unit clash with insurgents?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 4 or 5.
(d) 6.

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

5. In December 2001, where did bin Laden and al-Qaeda fighters take refuge?
(a) Abbottabad.
(b) Khaldan.
(c) Tora Bora.
(d) Nangarhar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 2002, how much money did the Afghan interim government request a year to train and equip 200,000 soldiers?

2. In 2002, when was Bush asked if he wanted to meet with General Franks and General McNeill?

3. What sport did Rumsfeld participate in at Princeton?

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

5. In 2006, how much worse did Staff Sgt. John Bickford believe the fighting in Afghanistan was from the first time he was in Afghanistan three years before?

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