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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. In the end of Part 2: Chapter 8, Mortenson was going crazy sitting at home in Montana, so his wife told him to pack a bag and go to Pakistan despite the fact he would not be able to return home for which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

2. What is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king"?
(a) Maharaja.
(b) Bandha.
(c) Jagrat.
(d) Tirtha.

3. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan begin?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1964.

4. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?
(a) Muḥarram.
(b) Ramadan.
(c) Rajab.
(d) Shawwāl.

5. In Part 3: Chapter 13, Kunar almost turned around on his first trip into Kunar Province, but changed his mind after ____________.
(a) Having a dream.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Talking to his wife.
(d) Watching television.

Short Answer Questions

1. Azad Kashmir has an estimated population of how many?

2. Kunar Province borders what province to the south?

3. How many provinces make up Afghanistan?

4. Where did Sarfraz begin his tour of the areas impacted by the earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 7?

5. Under Taliban law, girls were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of what?

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