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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. Ariana Afghan Airlines was established when?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1966.

2. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?
(a) Newsweek Magazine.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Parade Magazine.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

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

4. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?
(a) United States.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) Pakistan.

5. Under what Soviet leader did the Soviet war in Afghanistan come to an end?
(a) Nikolai Podgorny.
(b) Georgy Malenkov.
(c) Vladimir Lenin.
(d) Mikhail Gorbachev.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what areas does CAI specialize in going into first to establish schools?

3. Where did Greg Mortenson earn a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and an associate's degree in nursing?

4. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?

5. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

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