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

2. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Hostility Line.
(b) Defense Wall.
(c) Line of Control.
(d) Point of No Return.

3. In addition to opiates, Afghanistan is also the largest producer of what drug in the world?
(a) LSD.
(b) Mescaline.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Hashish.

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

5. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?
(a) Accidental mortality.
(b) Collateral damage.
(c) Deaths of innocents.
(d) Commoners passing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what village was Greg Mortenson taken and nursed back to health following his attempt at K2?

2. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?

3. What is the capital of Afghanistan?

4. Where did Greg Mortenson serve in the U.S. Army after high school?

5. What is the peak elevation of K2?

(see the answer key)

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