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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many combat tours did Army Maj. Gen. Edward Reeder, Jr., serve in Afghanistan?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. How many members of a wedding party were killed when U.S. warplanes mistakenly bombed the party?
(a) 58.
(b) 23.
(c) 39.
(d) 47.

3. How many years early was Haji Lal Jan Ishaqzai released after he was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to prison for trafficking opium?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 19 years.

4. When was the second presidential election in Afghanistan?
(a) August 20, 2009.
(b) August 28, 2009.
(c) August 2, 2009.
(d) August 11, 2009.

5. In Chapter 17, how many U.S. Army soldiers were murdered when men who had enlisted in the Afghan National Police ambushed them from the rear at close range?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

6. In May 2009, how many fellow service members were gunned down by a U.S. Army sergeant?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. How many soldiers were injured in the killings in Zabul in 2012?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

8. By the time Obama left the White House in January 2017, how many troops remained in Afghanistan?
(a) 11,400.
(b) About 19,000.
(c) About 8,400.
(d) 9,600.

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

10. In the five years between 2009 and 2014, how did the number of Afghan civilians getting killed increase?
(a) 53 percent.
(b) 41 percent.
(c) 68 percent.
(d) 39 percent.

11. 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 11, 2009.
(b) December 1, 2009.
(c) December 23, 2009.
(d) December 7, 2009.

12. When did Trump deliver a speech to announce his strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
(a) August 17, 2017.
(b) August 29, 2017.
(c) August 21, 2017.
(d) August 3, 2017.

13. In April 2017, how large in pounds was the bomb dropped by the Air Force?
(a) 19,100.
(b) 20,200.
(c) 21,600.
(d) 18,400.

14. When was a ceremony held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark President Obama's promise to end the war?
(a) December 28, 2014.
(b) December 22, 2014.
(c) December 2, 2014.
(d) December 19, 2014.

15. When were a team of Navy SEALs sent on a secret mission to raid a compound in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was rumored to be hiding?
(a) May 1, 2011.
(b) May 18, 2011.
(c) May 11, 2011.
(d) May 29, 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sleeping villagers did Staff Sgt. Robert Bales kill in two Afghan villages in Kandahar in 2012?

2. What ethnic group in Afghanistan sympathized or supported the Taliban jihad against foreign soldiers?

3. In 2018, when did a soldier carrying a crate of pomegranates open fire on General Miller and local leaders at Kandahar?

4. When did the U.S. miss its first chance to talk peace wit the Taliban?

5. When did Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Obama's troop surge and war strategy did little to deter the insurgency?

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