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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time first published?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious?
(a) Nargileh.
(b) Madrasah.
(c) Lahmu.
(d) Alhandullellah.

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

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

5. What former mujahadeen commander was in charge of the Border Security Force in eastern Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 6?
(a) Wohid Khan.
(b) Sadhar Khan.
(c) Wakil Karimi.
(d) Sarfraz Khan.

6. What did Greg Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan to be for him in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Transportation manager.
(b) Head of construction.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Remote project director.

7. Where did Greg Mortenson earn a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and an associate's degree in nursing?
(a) The University of South Dakota.
(b) The University of Minnesota.
(c) The University of Kansas.
(d) The University of Montana.

8. 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.

9. Greg Mortenson's unique team of local employees was referred to as______________,
(a) The Fab Five.
(b) The Great Eight.
(c) The Dirty Dozen.
(d) The Live Five.

10. 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) The L.A. Times.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

11. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Non-governmental organization.
(b) Normal government operations.
(c) National government operation.
(d) Native governmental order.

12. What Islamic movement was founded by Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Shah Rafi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Zulfiqar Ali, Fadhl al-Rahman 'Usmani and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi?
(a) Farakh movement.
(b) Munay movement.
(c) Khandud movement.
(d) Deobandi movement.

13. What is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan?
(a) Tamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam.
(b) Nishan-e-Pakistan.
(c) Hilal-e-Shujaat.
(d) Sitara-i-Imtiaz.

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

15. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?
(a) Yellow Fever.
(b) Gout.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was Greg Mortenson when his family moved to Minnesota in the 1970s?

3. When was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?

4. 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?

5. Under what Soviet leader did the Soviet war in Afghanistan come to an end?

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