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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an international service-learning program sponsored by the Central Asia Institute that "helps educate American children about the world to show them they can make a difference one penny at a time"?
(a) Cents for Change.
(b) It Makes Cents.
(c) Pennies for Peace.
(d) All My Pennies.

2. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?
(a) July 4, 2000.
(b) December 31, 1999.
(c) October 31, 2000.
(d) September 11, 2001.

3. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
(a) The Wakhan Corridor.
(b) The Pashtun Corridor.
(c) The Durrani Corridor.
(d) The Firishta Corridor.

4. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was formed after the Saur Revolution which took place in what year?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?

2. When did the War in Afghanistan begin with the United States invasion?

3. Where did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?

4. What did Greg Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan to be for him in Part 1: Chapter 4?

5. Under what Soviet leader did the Soviet war in Afghanistan come to an end?

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