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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson was hoping to get to what village of the Kirghiz people for the first time?
(a) Bozai Gumbaz.
(b) Tagao.
(c) Char Burj.
(d) Tokzar.

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

3. What occupation did Wakil Karimi hold when Mortenson met him?
(a) Airplane pilot.
(b) Cab driver.
(c) Cook.
(d) Hotel clerk.

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

5. In Part 3: Chapter 13, Kunar almost turned around on his first trip into Kunar Province, but changed his mind after ____________.
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Having a dream.
(d) Talking to his wife.

6. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Line of Control.
(b) Point of No Return.
(c) Hostility Line.
(d) Defense Wall.

7. Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and what tectonic plates?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Indian.
(c) Juan de Fuca.
(d) Australian.

8. In the end of Part 2: Chapter 8, Mortenson was going crazy sitting at home in Montana, so his wife told him to pack a bag and go to Pakistan despite the fact he would not be able to return home for which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.

9. After his surgery, Mortenson ordered Sarfraz to take how long off work in Part 2: Chapter 10?
(a) A month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

10. What is the capital of Kunar Province?
(a) Tir Pol.
(b) Kuhestan.
(c) Jorm.
(d) Asadabad.

11. When did Mortenson receive an email from LTC Chris Kolenda in Part 3: Chapter 12?
(a) September, 2007.
(b) June, 2008.
(c) September, 2008.
(d) April, 2005.

12. Azad Kashmir has an estimated population of how many?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 4 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 11 million.

13. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz continued to monitor the tent schools in Azad Kashmir as well as what other locations?
(a) Pakistan and the Simin.
(b) Afghanistan and the Behnam.
(c) Afghanistan and the Wakhan.
(d) Tajikistan and the Behnam.

14. 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) Saw.
(c) Ghazni.
(d) Khost.

15. Kunar Province is located in what region of Afghanistan?
(a) Southeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northeast.
(d) Northwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Where did Wakil Karimi grow up?

3. What insightful little girl informed Mortenson that the students were still traumatized by the earthquake and they wanted desks in the classroom in Part 2: Chapter 9?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz hired designers from where to design earthquake-proof schools?

5. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi when he began checking into _________.

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