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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what village was Wakil Karimi?
(a) Achin.
(b) Tokzar.
(c) Lalander.
(d) Kushk.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Sarfraz encouraged Mortenson to delay thinking about closing what?
(a) Tent schools.
(b) Churches.
(c) Stores.
(d) Hospitals.

3. Approximately how many casualties were there from the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 79,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson found himself obsessed with the activity in Pakistan until the night he realized his five year old son ___________.
(a) Could read.
(b) Knew subtraction.
(c) Was sick.
(d) Was good at baseball.

5. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's wife?
(a) Tara Bishop.
(b) Sara Mortenson.
(c) Tara Mortenson.
(d) Sara Darsney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a 500 mile mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan?

2. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's son?

3. When did Mortenson receive an email from LTC Chris Kolenda in Part 3: Chapter 12?

4. As part of his duties, Kolenda set out to calm the violence in the area not with force, but by engaging in ___________ with the village elders.

5. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occupied Mortenson's mind upon returning to Montana in Part 2: Chapter 9?

2. How did the Taliban respond to the Kashmir earthquake?

3. When was the school in Saw completed? What was the reaction of the Taliban?

4. What project did Wakil Karimi convince Mortenson to take on in Part 3: Chapter 13?

5. What were Mortenson's feelings about the military as described in Part 3: Chapter 12?

6. What actions did Shaukat Ali Chaudry take during the Kashmir earthquake?

7. How long after his recovery in Part 2: Chapter 10 was Sarfraz Khan working again? Where?

8. Where was Mortenson when he learned of the Kashmir earthquake? What did he do?

9. How did the Kashmir earthquake affect the Government Boys' Degree High School?

10. Who wrote to Mortenson for help in Part 3: Chapter 12? What was Mortenson's response?

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