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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Nishta.
(b) Prajnana.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Jirgas.

2. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2000.

3. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?
(a) Deaths of innocents.
(b) Commoners passing.
(c) Collateral damage.
(d) Accidental mortality.

4. In what city did Mortenson meet Wakil Karimi?
(a) Tashqorghan.
(b) Gereshk.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Mazar-e Sharif.

5. 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?
(a) Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor.
(b) Farooq Wardak.
(c) Dr. Suraya Dalil.
(d) Dr. Ashraf Ghani.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mortenson make a scathing speech at the Pentagon?

2. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?

3. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?

4. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

5. Before Mortenson and his team could complete the final leg of their journey in Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson learned that _________ wanted to have lunch with him in three days.

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