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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Prince Charles of Britain and his wife visit the school at Patika in Part 2: Chapter 11?
(a) February 10, 2005.
(b) May 19, 2003.
(c) November 1, 2006.
(d) March 26, 2007.

2. When did the Partition of India take place?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1962.

3. What involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Counter-insurgency.
(d) Rebellion.

4. Where was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?
(a) Munay.
(b) Mulkanah.
(c) Tokzar.
(d) Saw.

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

6. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?
(a) Farah.
(b) Ghazni.
(c) Saw.
(d) Khost.

7. What was the magnitude of the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 7.1.
(b) 6.2.
(c) 7.6.
(d) 8.5.

8. Where was Greg Mortenson when he received word of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan?
(a) Salt Lake City, UT.
(b) Seattle, Washington.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

9. When was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?
(a) September, 2008.
(b) April, 2009.
(c) October, 2005.
(d) July, 2006.

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

11. Before Mortenson and his team could complete the final leg of their journey in Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson learned that _________ wanted to have lunch with him in three days.
(a) The Prime Minister of Pakistan.
(b) The Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
(c) The King of Pakistan.
(d) The President of Pakistan.

12. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi when he began checking into _________.
(a) Dentists Offices.
(b) Insane Assylums.
(c) The Betty Ford Clinic.
(d) The Peace Gust House.

13. As part of his duties, Kolenda set out to calm the violence in the area not with force, but by engaging in ___________ with the village elders.
(a) Jirgas.
(b) Prajnana.
(c) Nishta.
(d) Brahma.

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

15. Approximately how many casualties were there from the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 79,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reconstruction authority was made by the military regime to accommodate the retired high military officials while keeping the command of the reconstruction and rehabilitation authority directly under the military in Pakistan?

2. In what village was the Government Boys' Degree High School located?

3. What percentage of the students in the tent schools in Patika passed their tests in the spring in Part 2: Chapter 10?

4. What is the capital of Kunar Province?

5. Azad Kashmir has an estimated population of how many?

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