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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. When did Mortenson make a scathing speech at the Pentagon?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2000.

2. In addition to opiates, Afghanistan is also the largest producer of what drug in the world?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Hashish.
(c) LSD.
(d) Mescaline.

3. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?
(a) Shawwāl.
(b) Ramadan.
(c) Muḥarram.
(d) Rajab.

4. Where did Greg Mortenson serve in the U.S. Army after high school?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Japan.
(d) Hawaii.

5. What does the word "taliban" mean in Arabic?
(a) Almighty.
(b) Rulers.
(c) Students.
(d) Rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson was hoping to get to what village of the Kirghiz people for the first time?

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?

3. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?

4. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?

5. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?

(see the answer key)

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