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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. Approximately how many casualties were there from the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 79,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 35,000.

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

3. Where did Mortenson return in January in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) California.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Montana.
(d) Oregon.

4. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1993.

5. What reconstruction authority was made by the military regime to accommodate the retired high military officials while keeping the command of the reconstruction and rehabilitation authority directly under the military in Pakistan?
(a) PURA.
(b) ERRA.
(c) SABAL.
(d) CHIRP.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Kunar Province?

2. What is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king"?

3. For how long did Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time remain on the New York Times Best Seller List?

4. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?

5. What refers to the Hindko speaking community who belong to the Hazara region of Pakistan?

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