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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?
(a) United States.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) China.
(d) India.

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

4. What refers to the Hindko speaking community who belong to the Hazara region of Pakistan?
(a) Dajaaj.
(b) Sokkar.
(c) Muezzin.
(d) Hazarewal.

5. Into what village was Greg Mortenson taken and nursed back to health following his attempt at K2?
(a) Sadiqabad.
(b) Peshawar.
(c) Khuzdar.
(d) Korphe.

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

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

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

9. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2000.

10. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Latin.
(d) Farsi.

11. 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 L.A. Times.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) Time.

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

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

14. What word, translated as "way" or "path" refers to the code of conduct or religious law of Islam?
(a) Sharia.
(b) Khosrau.
(c) Zoroaster.
(d) Parcham.

15. 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 Kansas.
(c) The University of Montana.
(d) The University of Minnesota.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?

2. What former mujahadeen commander was in charge of the Border Security Force in eastern Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 6?

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

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

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?

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