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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 minister of finance told Mortenson of Afghanistan's overwhelming need for money and the lack of funds received as promised from the American government in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) Farooq Wardak.
(b) Dr. Ashraf Ghani.
(c) Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor.
(d) Dr. Suraya Dalil.

2. 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 Ruby Crescent.
(b) The Golden Triangle.
(c) The Silver Crescent.
(d) The Emerald Trinagle.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 5, due to having just received a flood of donations, where was CAI able to agree to build a school to appease Sadhar?
(a) Baharak.
(b) Taloqan.
(c) Jalalabad.
(d) Samangan.

4. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1992.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz hired designers from where to design earthquake-proof schools?
(a) Canada.
(b) United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?

2. Where was Greg Mortenson when he received word of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan?

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

4. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?

5. What does NGO stand for?

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