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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 was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?
(a) His spine.
(b) His leg.
(c) His face.
(d) His hand.

2. What Kirghiz leader did Mortenson meet in Part 1: Chapter 6?
(a) Sadhar Khan.
(b) Sarfraz Khan.
(c) Wohid Khan.
(d) Abdul Rashid Khan.

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

4. 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?
(a) The Silver Crescent.
(b) The Ruby Crescent.
(c) The Golden Triangle.
(d) The Emerald Trinagle.

5. When was Greg Mortenson born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the Islamic holy book?

3. Sarfraz was diligent about Mortenson's safety and would often hire and fire what on a whim?

4. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?

5. What refers to an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places?

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