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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. Along what dangerous road through the Khyber Pass did Greg Mortenson first enter Afghanistan?
(a) Ouled Nail Highway.
(b) Grand Trunk Highway.
(c) Samak Highway.
(d) Sabah al Khair Highway.

2. What is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow?
(a) Pashtunwali.
(b) Qaravol.
(c) Sangin.
(d) Qarqin.

3. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?
(a) Mohammed Omar.
(b) Hokumati Azraw.
(c) Hokumati Darvishan.
(d) Mohammed Farkhar.

4. Where are the headquarters of the Central Asia Institute?
(a) Bozeman, Montana.
(b) Boulder, Colorado.
(c) Bellingham, Washington.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

5. What is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan?
(a) Sitara-i-Imtiaz.
(b) Nishan-e-Pakistan.
(c) Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam.
(d) Hilal-e-Shujaat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?

2. What is the peak elevation of K2?

3. What is the world's highest mountain?

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?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?

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