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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. What is the capital of Afghanistan?
(a) Ashkasham.
(b) Dorufchah.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Khandud.

2. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?
(a) Farah.
(b) Khost.
(c) Saw.
(d) Ghazni.

3. What is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global "War on Terror"?
(a) Operation Enduring Freedom.
(b) Operation Phoenix.
(c) Operation Griffin.
(d) Operation Golden Eagle.

4. Ariana Afghan Airlines was established when?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1973.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz continued to monitor the tent schools in Azad Kashmir as well as what other locations?
(a) Pakistan and the Simin.
(b) Afghanistan and the Wakhan.
(c) Afghanistan and the Behnam.
(d) Tajikistan and the Behnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?

2. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson's daughter asked a simple question which led to CAI sending thousands of ___________ to Pakistani schools.

4. What pass between northern Pakistan and the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan is extremely remote and often closed off for six months or more during the winter due to heavy snows?

5. What is the world's highest mountain?

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