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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. How many provinces make up Afghanistan?
(a) 34.
(b) 8.
(c) 19.
(d) 47.

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

3. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) March, 2002.
(b) December, 2001.
(c) June, 2001.
(d) May, 2000.

4. When it was first established, 49% of Ariana Afghan Airlines was owned by what company?
(a) Pan American World Airways.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Ford Motor Company.
(d) Halliburton.

5. What occupation did Wakil Karimi hold when Mortenson met him?
(a) Cook.
(b) Airplane pilot.
(c) Cab driver.
(d) Hotel clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the magnitude of the Kashmir earthquake?

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

3. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?

4. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?

5. What refers to an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places?

(see the answer key)

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