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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 Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz hired designers from where to design earthquake-proof schools?
(a) United States.
(b) Japan.
(c) Canada.
(d) China.

2. What refers to an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places?
(a) Kimono.
(b) Burqa.
(c) Robe.
(d) Moo-moo.

3. Along what dangerous road through the Khyber Pass did Greg Mortenson first enter Afghanistan?
(a) Samak Highway.
(b) Ouled Nail Highway.
(c) Grand Trunk Highway.
(d) Sabah al Khair Highway.

4. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2000.

5. When was Greg Mortenson born?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it?

2. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?

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

4. Where did Mortenson return in January in Part 2: Chapter 9?

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

(see the answer key)

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