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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. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?
(a) July 4, 2000.
(b) September 11, 2001.
(c) October 31, 2000.
(d) December 31, 1999.

2. What name refers to an Afghan freedom fighter?
(a) Mujahadeen.
(b) Muttawa.
(c) Mamoul.
(d) Merhaba.

3. What village council or meeting must take place whenever a major decision is to be made within or for the people of a village in Afghanistan?
(a) Karokh.
(b) Khost.
(c) Jirga.
(d) Balkh.

4. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?
(a) Farsi.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Latin.
(d) Arabic.

5. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

2. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?

3. What is the name of the Islamic holy book?

4. What minister of finance told Mortenson of Afghanistan's overwhelming need for money and the lack of funds received as promised from the American government in Part 1: Chapter 3?

5. Ariana Afghan Airlines was established when?

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