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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1912.

2. Faizabad is the provincial capital and largest city in what province?
(a) Baghlan Province.
(b) Bamyan Province.
(c) Badakhshan Province.
(d) Balkh Province.

3. What pass between northern Pakistan and the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan is extremely remote and often closed off for six months or more during the winter due to heavy snows?
(a) The Tagao Pass.
(b) The Gereshk Pass.
(c) The Darzab Pass.
(d) The Irshad Pass.

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

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

6. What kind of missionaries were Greg Mortenson's parents?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Athiest.
(c) Christian.
(d) Lutheran.

7. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?
(a) Asaya River.
(b) Iftar River.
(c) Umm River.
(d) Oxus River.

8. What name refers to an Afghan freedom fighter?
(a) Merhaba.
(b) Muttawa.
(c) Mujahadeen.
(d) Mamoul.

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

10. When was Greg Mortenson born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1953.

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

12. Where did Greg Mortenson serve in the U.S. Army after high school?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Japan.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ecuador.

13. For how long did Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time remain on the New York Times Best Seller List?
(a) 29 weeks.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 1 year.

14. What village council or meeting must take place whenever a major decision is to be made within or for the people of a village in Afghanistan?
(a) Khost.
(b) Jirga.
(c) Karokh.
(d) Balkh.

15. Sarfraz was pathological about avoiding letting anyone know what in Part 1: Chapter 5?
(a) Where his family lived.
(b) His true religion.
(c) When his birthdays was.
(d) Where they were traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan begin?

2. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?

3. Who does the author claim in Part 1: Chapter 5 was not above taking a profit from the sale of opium in his community but would take the money and use it to better the lives of his own people?

4. Where are the headquarters of the Central Asia Institute?

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

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