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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was in charge of foreign relief coordination after the Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan?
(a) Major General Wohid Khan.
(b) Major General Sarfraz Khan.
(c) Major General Mohammad Najibullah.
(d) Major General Farrukh Seir.

3. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1995.

4. Into what village was Greg Mortenson taken and nursed back to health following his attempt at K2?
(a) Khuzdar.
(b) Sadiqabad.
(c) Korphe.
(d) Peshawar.

5. What former mujahadeen commander was in charge of the Border Security Force in eastern Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 6?
(a) Wakil Karimi.
(b) Wohid Khan.
(c) Sarfraz Khan.
(d) Sadhar Khan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faizabad is the provincial capital and largest city in what province?

2. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?

3. What is the peak elevation of K2?

4. When did the Partition of India take place?

5. Central Asia Institute was the first organization to rebuild earthquake resistant schools in Azad Kashmir when?

(see the answer key)

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