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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Wakil Karimi grow up?
(a) A refugee camp.
(b) A castle.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A military base.

2. In what village did Mortenson notice that many of the children were not attending classes in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) Nouseri.
(b) Chaman.
(c) Pakpattan.
(d) Taxila.

3. In Part 2: Chapter 10, ____________ and his principal continued to teach out of tents in Patika, after growing weary of the promises of aid workers and government agents who failed to follow through?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Chaudry.
(c) Omar.
(d) Krakauer.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz underwent surgery for what?
(a) Abscessed gall bladder and liver.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Broken foot.

5. When did Mortenson suffer a panic attack in Part 2: Chapter 11?
(a) November, 2007.
(b) March, 2004.
(c) June, 2005.
(d) July, 2004.

6. On what date did Sarfraz enter Azad Kashmir in Part 2: Chapter 8?
(a) August 28, 2002.
(b) March 11, 2006.
(c) October 15, 2005.
(d) June 8, 2003.

7. Where did Mortenson return in January in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Montana.
(c) Idaho.
(d) California.

8. Kunar Province borders what province to the south?
(a) Kabul Province.
(b) Samangan Province.
(c) Ghor Province.
(d) Nangarhar Province.

9. What is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king"?
(a) Maharaja.
(b) Tirtha.
(c) Bandha.
(d) Jagrat.

10. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1997.
(d) 2000.

11. How long after returning home from the hospital was Sarfraz back in Azad Kashmir in Part 2: Chapter 10?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 24 hours.

12. How many people in Afghanistan were reported killed by the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 1,248.
(b) 4.
(c) 157.
(d) 541.

13. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?
(a) The Anandatman Canyon.
(b) The Neelum Valley.
(c) The Pratikam Valley.
(d) The Vedanta Canyon.

14. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Sarfraz encouraged Mortenson to delay thinking about closing what?
(a) Hospitals.
(b) Stores.
(c) Churches.
(d) Tent schools.

15. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Mortenson got the approval for Sarfraz to build how many earthquake proof schools in Azad Kashmir?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?

2. What is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz continued to monitor the tent schools in Azad Kashmir as well as what other locations?

4. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson's daughter asked a simple question which led to CAI sending thousands of ___________ to Pakistani schools.

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