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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. What pass between northern Pakistan and the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan is extremely remote and often closed off for six months or more during the winter due to heavy snows?
(a) The Darzab Pass.
(b) The Tagao Pass.
(c) The Gereshk Pass.
(d) The Irshad Pass.

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

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

4. What kind of missionaries were Greg Mortenson's parents?
(a) Christian.
(b) Athiest.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Mormon.

5. What is an international service-learning program sponsored by the Central Asia Institute that "helps educate American children about the world to show them they can make a difference one penny at a time"?
(a) Pennies for Peace.
(b) All My Pennies.
(c) Cents for Change.
(d) It Makes Cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?

3. What is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global "War on Terror"?

4. When did the War in Afghanistan begin with the United States invasion?

5. Whose support would Mortenson have to gain in Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?

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