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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Bush appoint Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, as war czar to coordinate strategy and policy for Iraq and Afghanistan?
(a) Fall 2007.
(b) Summer 2007.
(c) Spring 2007.
(d) Winter 2007.

2. In 2006, how long did Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey believe it would take the Afghan security forces to be able to operate without U.S. help?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 14 years.

3. How long after Trahan was injured at Shkin, was he sent to Iraq?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. In Chapter 7, when did a CIA Predator drone glimpse a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black and cross the Pakistan border into Afghanistan near Firebase Shikin?
(a) April 25, 2003.
(b) April 30, 2003.
(c) April 19, 2003.
(d) April 9, 2003.

5. Where did Thomas Hutson, a Dari speaker who served as a political officer, suggest that Dostum go for medical treatment?
(a) Martinique.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Grenada.
(d) Grenadines.

6. How many tons of opium did Afghan narcotics find when they raided Sher Mohammad Akhundzada's offices in 2005?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

7. How many troops did the Soviets put in Afghanistan?
(a) 275,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 350,000.

8. Between 2001 and 2020, how much money did the U.S. allocated for reconstruction, aid programs, and Afghan security forces?
(a) $137 billion.
(b) $122 billion.
(c) $119 billion.
(d) $143 billion.

9. In 2006, where did the British move forces into Afghanistan?
(a) Uruzgan.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Helmand province.
(d) Kandahar.

10. When did the U.S. begin bombing Afghanistan?
(a) October 2, 2001.
(b) October 7, 2001.
(c) October 13, 2001.
(d) October 27, 2001.

11. As the Taliban regrouped, how many major offensives had to be launched by the U.S. military at the latter half of 2003?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

12. In 2001, of the Taliban captives who suffocated in shipping containers, where were they buried?
(a) Faryab.
(b) Nangarhar.
(c) Baghlan.
(d) Sheberghan.

13. In 2005, where did Maj. Daniel Lovett have pre-deployment training?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

14. How long did Maj. Nikolai Andresky say that meetings had to be in Afghanistan at the minimum?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

15. In 2002, how much did British officials agree to pay Afghan poppy farmers per acre to destroy their crops?
(a) $500.
(b) $450.
(c) $700.
(d) $650.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in 2003 were the Jordanian embassy and United Nations headquarters in Baghdad blown up by insurgents?

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

3. How many soccer balls did a second psy-ops team in Bagram distribute beginning in 2002?

4. How large was the patrol Trahan organized to investigate the report that a dozen heavily armed men dressed in black crossed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

5. What percent of Afghanistan was Sunni Muslim in Chapter 6?

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