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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 village council or meeting must take place whenever a major decision is to be made within or for the people of a village in Afghanistan?
(a) Balkh.
(b) Khost.
(c) Jirga.
(d) Karokh.

2. 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) Dr. Suraya Dalil.
(c) Dr. Ashraf Ghani.
(d) Farooq Wardak.

3. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?
(a) Iftar River.
(b) Asaya River.
(c) Umm River.
(d) Oxus River.

4. Into what areas does CAI specialize in going into first to establish schools?
(a) Devestated areas.
(b) Hostile countries.
(c) War-torn regions.
(d) Remote areas.

5. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Christa.
(d) Samantha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time was written by Greg Mortenson and what author?

2. When it was first established, 49% of Ariana Afghan Airlines was owned by what company?

3. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?

4. What does NGO stand for?

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

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