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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. In what village did Mortenson notice that many of the children were not attending classes in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) Nouseri.
(b) Chaman.
(c) Pakpattan.
(d) Taxila.

2. What is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east?
(a) Azerbaijan.
(b) Kazakhstan.
(c) Qatar.
(d) Tajikistan.

3. What is the state capital of Kashmir?
(a) Hyderabad.
(b) Gojra.
(c) Quetta.
(d) Muzaffarabad.

4. Who formed the The Central Asia Institute as an American non-profit organization along with Greg Mortenson?
(a) Helmut Reinhardt.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) Jean Hoerni.
(d) Hiroshi Fujikawa.

5. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1993.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mortenson make a scathing speech at the Pentagon?

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

3. In the end of Part 2: Chapter 8, Mortenson was going crazy sitting at home in Montana, so his wife told him to pack a bag and go to Pakistan despite the fact he would not be able to return home for which holiday?

4. 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?

5. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?

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