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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose support would Mortenson have to gain in Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Sadhar Khan.
(b) Mohammed Omar.
(c) Haji Kamran.
(d) Nazo Tokhi.

2. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
(a) The Firishta Corridor.
(b) The Durrani Corridor.
(c) The Pashtun Corridor.
(d) The Wakhan Corridor.

3. K2 is located among what mountain range?
(a) Kirthar Range.
(b) Hindu Kush Range.
(c) Toba Kakar Range.
(d) Karakoram Range.

4. Who does the author claim in Part 1: Chapter 5 was not above taking a profit from the sale of opium in his community but would take the money and use it to better the lives of his own people?
(a) Fahim.
(b) Toobah.
(c) Ghulam.
(d) Sadhar.

5. For how long did Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time remain on the New York Times Best Seller List?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 29 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?

2. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

3. When was Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time first published?

4. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?

5. What area of around 367,000 square miles that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia (Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand) is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas?

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