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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. How many people in Afghanistan were reported killed by the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 1,248.
(b) 541.
(c) 4.
(d) 157.

2. Kunar Province is located in what region of Afghanistan?
(a) Northeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Southeast.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?
(a) Parade Magazine.
(b) Newsweek Magazine.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

4. 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) Taloqan.
(b) Samangan.
(c) Baharak.
(d) Jalalabad.

5. In the end of Part 2: Chapter 8, Mortenson was going crazy sitting at home in Montana, so his wife told him to pack a bag and go to Pakistan despite the fact he would not be able to return home for which holiday?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Greg Mortenson born?

2. Where was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 10, ____________ and his principal continued to teach out of tents in Patika, after growing weary of the promises of aid workers and government agents who failed to follow through?

4. What is the world's highest mountain?

5. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?

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