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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?
(a) The Neelum Valley.
(b) The Pratikam Valley.
(c) The Vedanta Canyon.
(d) The Anandatman Canyon.

2. When did the Partition of India take place?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1950.

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

4. What is an international service-learning program sponsored by the Central Asia Institute that "helps educate American children about the world to show them they can make a difference one penny at a time"?
(a) Pennies for Peace.
(b) All My Pennies.
(c) It Makes Cents.
(d) Cents for Change.

5. What refers to an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies in public places?
(a) Robe.
(b) Burqa.
(c) Kimono.
(d) Moo-moo.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi when he began checking into _________.

3. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Mortenson got the approval for Sarfraz to build how many earthquake proof schools in Azad Kashmir?

4. Who was in charge of foreign relief coordination after the Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan?

5. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?

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