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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 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?
(a) Dr. Ashraf Ghani.
(b) Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor.
(c) Farooq Wardak.
(d) Dr. Suraya Dalil.

2. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
(a) The Wakhan Corridor.
(b) The Durrani Corridor.
(c) The Pashtun Corridor.
(d) The Firishta Corridor.

3. Greg Mortenson's unique team of local employees was referred to as______________,
(a) The Dirty Dozen.
(b) The Great Eight.
(c) The Fab Five.
(d) The Live Five.

4. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2003.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow?

2. As CAI built a school in Baharak, who began moving into the Wakhan and negotiating contracts with villages there to begin building schools?

3. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?

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

5. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

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