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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?
(a) December 31, 1999.
(b) October 31, 2000.
(c) September 11, 2001.
(d) July 4, 2000.

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

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

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

5. K2 is located among what mountain range?
(a) Toba Kakar Range.
(b) Kirthar Range.
(c) Karakoram Range.
(d) Hindu Kush Range.

6. In the spring of 2005, Mortenson returned to Afghanistan to visit the newly finished school located in _________.
(a) Badakshan.
(b) Sindand.
(c) Khanabad.
(d) Mirabad.

7. 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) 1 year.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 29 weeks.
(d) 4 years.

8. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the approximate population of Faizabad?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 165,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 215,000.

15. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?
(a) Parade Magazine.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) Newsweek Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?

2. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?

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

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

5. Where was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?

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