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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mortenson spend his early childhood and adolescence?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Romania.
(d) Italy.

2. What is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia?
(a) The Golden Crescent.
(b) The Red Square.
(c) The Brown Octogon.
(d) The Silver Wedge.

3. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Non-governmental organization.
(b) Normal government operations.
(c) National government operation.
(d) Native governmental order.

4. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was formed after the Saur Revolution which took place in what year?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

5. What Islamic movement was founded by Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Shah Rafi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Zulfiqar Ali, Fadhl al-Rahman 'Usmani and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi?
(a) Munay movement.
(b) Farakh movement.
(c) Khandud movement.
(d) Deobandi movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of around 367,000 square miles that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia (Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand) is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas?

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

3. 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?

4. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?

5. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan begin?

(see the answer key)

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