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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ex-Taliban member taught at the Government Boys' Degree High School?
(a) Abdul Rashid Khan.
(b) Farrukh Seir.
(c) Shaukat Ali Chaudry.
(d) Mohammed Omar.

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

3. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Latin.
(c) Farsi.
(d) Arabic.

4. What is the world's highest mountain?
(a) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(b) Mount Everest.
(c) Mt. Whitney.
(d) Mt. McKinley.

5. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?

2. What pass between northern Pakistan and the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan is extremely remote and often closed off for six months or more during the winter due to heavy snows?

3. When was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?

4. Where did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?

5. What is the largest branch of Islam?

(see the answer key)

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