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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the students in the tent schools in Patika passed their tests in the spring in Part 2: Chapter 10?
(a) 60.
(b) 95.
(c) 80.
(d) 100.

2. Central Asia Institute was the first organization to rebuild earthquake resistant schools in Azad Kashmir when?
(a) May, 2003.
(b) September, 2002.
(c) April, 2000.
(d) November, 2006.

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

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

5. 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) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

6. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's son?
(a) Sadiq.
(b) Khyber.
(c) Pazir.
(d) Hasma.

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

8. Where did Sarfraz begin his tour of the areas impacted by the earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 7?
(a) Abbottabad.
(b) Vehari.
(c) Balakot.
(d) Muridke.

9. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson found himself obsessed with the activity in Pakistan until the night he realized his five year old son ___________.
(a) Was sick.
(b) Could read.
(c) Knew subtraction.
(d) Was good at baseball.

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

11. When Prince Charles of Britain and his wife visited the school at Patika, Chaudry did not mention whose help in the rebuilding of the schools?
(a) KGB's.
(b) NRA's.
(c) CAI's.
(d) FBI's.

12. 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 President of Pakistan.
(b) The Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
(c) The King of Pakistan.
(d) The Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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

14. 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?
(a) ERRA.
(b) SABAL.
(c) CHIRP.
(d) PURA.

15. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?
(a) Shawwāl.
(b) Rajab.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Muḥarram.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's wife?

4. Where did Wakil Karimi grow up?

5. 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?

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