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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 15-17 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the second most affected district by the Kashmir earthquake, accounting for 15% of the total casualties?
(a) Heyya.
(b) Marhaba.
(c) Bagh.
(d) Shukran.

2. Under what Soviet leader did the Soviet war in Afghanistan come to an end?
(a) Nikolai Podgorny.
(b) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(c) Vladimir Lenin.
(d) Georgy Malenkov.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 15, the author writes that as the war on terror escalated, the Taliban began attacking schools where __________.
(a) Children were failing.
(b) Girls attended.
(c) Western funds were used.
(d) Christians were teachers.

4. What is the capital of Kunar Province?
(a) Tir Pol.
(b) Jorm.
(c) Asadabad.
(d) Kuhestan.

5. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time was written by Greg Mortenson and what author?
(a) Jonathan Franzen.
(b) Stieg Larsson.
(c) Karl Marlantes.
(d) David Oliver Relin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before Mortenson and his team could complete the final leg of their journey in Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson learned that _________ wanted to have lunch with him in three days.

3. What is the world's highest mountain?

4. When was Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time first published?

5. What is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global "War on Terror"?

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