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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 peak elevation of K2?
(a) 28,251 feet.
(b) 14,411 feet.
(c) 19,470 feet.
(d) 14,496 feet.

2. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1959.

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

4. What occupation did Wakil Karimi hold when Mortenson met him?
(a) Hotel clerk.
(b) Airplane pilot.
(c) Cook.
(d) Cab driver.

5. What is the largest branch of Islam?
(a) Sunni Islam.
(b) Shia Islam.
(c) Shukran Islam.
(d) Sokkar Islam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?

2. Greg Mortenson's unique team of local employees was referred to as______________,

3. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Sarfraz encouraged Mortenson to delay thinking about closing what?

4. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?

5. Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and what tectonic plates?

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