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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "taliban" mean in Arabic?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Rulers.
(c) Almighty.
(d) Students.

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

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

4. In Part 1: Chapter 6, Mortenson traveled with his bookkeeper in the Wakhan to Baharak shortly after following the publication of an article from what publication, claiming an American soldier flushed the Koran down a toilet?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The L.A. Times.
(d) Time.

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) David Oliver Relin.
(d) Karl Marlantes.

6. What is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow?
(a) Pashtunwali.
(b) Qaravol.
(c) Qarqin.
(d) Sangin.

7. How old was Greg Mortenson when his family moved to Minnesota in the 1970s?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

8. What is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia?
(a) The Red Square.
(b) The Brown Octogon.
(c) The Silver Wedge.
(d) The Golden Crescent.

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

10. Where did Mortenson spend his early childhood and adolescence?
(a) Italy.
(b) Romania.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Egypt.

11. Where was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?
(a) His leg.
(b) His spine.
(c) His hand.
(d) His face.

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

13. Where did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) Sheberghan.
(b) Paghman.
(c) Zuudkhan.
(d) Herat.

14. 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) All My Pennies.
(b) Pennies for Peace.
(c) It Makes Cents.
(d) Cents for Change.

15. What is the name of the Islamic holy book?
(a) Koran.
(b) Bible.
(c) Torah.
(d) Talmud.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?

2. What name refers to an Afghan freedom fighter?

3. What Kirghiz leader did Mortenson meet in Part 1: Chapter 6?

4. 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?

5. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?

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