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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. In the spring of 2005, Mortenson returned to Afghanistan to visit the newly finished school located in _________.
(a) Sindand.
(b) Khanabad.
(c) Mirabad.
(d) Badakshan.

2. What name refers to an Afghan freedom fighter?
(a) Muttawa.
(b) Mamoul.
(c) Mujahadeen.
(d) Merhaba.

3. Faizabad is the provincial capital and largest city in what province?
(a) Balkh Province.
(b) Baghlan Province.
(c) Bamyan Province.
(d) Badakhshan Province.

4. What United States President signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Gerald Ford.

5. Into what village was Greg Mortenson taken and nursed back to health following his attempt at K2?
(a) Khuzdar.
(b) Sadiqabad.
(c) Peshawar.
(d) Korphe.

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. How old was Greg Mortenson when his family moved to Minnesota in the 1970s?

3. 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"?

4. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?

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

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