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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. When was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?
(a) June 27, 2003.
(b) May 14, 1997.
(c) October 8, 2005.
(d) April 1, 2000.

2. What is the name of the Islamic holy book?
(a) Bible.
(b) Talmud.
(c) Torah.
(d) Koran.

3. Where did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) Zuudkhan.
(b) Sheberghan.
(c) Paghman.
(d) Herat.

4. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) December, 2001.
(b) June, 2001.
(c) May, 2000.
(d) March, 2002.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, Mortenson traveled with his bookkeeper in the Wakhan to Baharak shortly after following the publication of an article from what publication, claiming an American soldier flushed the Koran down a toilet?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time.
(d) The L.A. Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2007, what percent of the opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan?

2. What is the world's highest mountain?

3. Under what Soviet leader did the Soviet war in Afghanistan come to an end?

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

5. When was Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time first published?

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