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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Rickets.
(b) Yellow Fever.
(c) Gout.
(d) Smallpox.

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

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

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"?
(a) Operation Enduring Freedom.
(b) Operation Griffin.
(c) Operation Phoenix.
(d) Operation Golden Eagle.

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

7. As CAI built a school in Baharak, who began moving into the Wakhan and negotiating contracts with villages there to begin building schools?
(a) Shaukat Ali Chaudry.
(b) Ashraf Ghani.
(c) Sarfraz Khan.
(d) Wakil Karimi.

8. When did the War in Afghanistan begin with the United States invasion?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2001.

9. 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?
(a) Sadhar.
(b) Toobah.
(c) Ghulam.
(d) Fahim.

10. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) May, 2000.
(b) June, 2001.
(c) March, 2002.
(d) December, 2001.

11. 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) Karl Marlantes.
(c) Stieg Larsson.
(d) David Oliver Relin.

12. When it was first established, 49% of Ariana Afghan Airlines was owned by what company?
(a) Pan American World Airways.
(b) Boeing.
(c) Halliburton.
(d) Ford Motor Company.

13. When did Greg Mortenson attempt to climb K2, leading to events that would inspire CAI?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1996.

14. What Kirghiz leader did Mortenson meet in Part 1: Chapter 6?
(a) Abdul Rashid Khan.
(b) Sadhar Khan.
(c) Sarfraz Khan.
(d) Wohid Khan.

15. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
(a) The Pashtun Corridor.
(b) The Wakhan Corridor.
(c) The Firishta Corridor.
(d) The Durrani Corridor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Greg Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan to be for him in Part 1: Chapter 4?

2. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

3. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?

4. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?

5. 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?

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