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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how long of a journey was Sarfraz finally returned to Pakistan where he underwent surgery in Part 2: Chapter 10?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. From what village was Wakil Karimi?
(a) Lalander.
(b) Kushk.
(c) Tokzar.
(d) Achin.

3. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's daughter?
(a) Yagana.
(b) Shararah.
(c) Amira.
(d) Paymaneh.

4. Kunar Province borders what province to the north?
(a) Nangarhar Province.
(b) Zabul Province.
(c) Nuristan Province.
(d) Kandahar Province.

5. 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) Tokzar.
(d) Char Burj.

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

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

8. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz hired designers from where to design earthquake-proof schools?
(a) Canada.
(b) United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

10. What ex-Taliban member taught at the Government Boys' Degree High School?
(a) Abdul Rashid Khan.
(b) Farrukh Seir.
(c) Shaukat Ali Chaudry.
(d) Mohammed Omar.

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

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

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) Prajnana.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Jirgas.
(d) Nishta.

14. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson's daughter asked a simple question which led to CAI sending thousands of ___________ to Pakistani schools.
(a) Jump ropes.
(b) Chalkboards.
(c) Crayons.
(d) Books.

15. 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 Pakistan.
(c) The King of Pakistan.
(d) The Prime Minister of Afghanistan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was LTC Chris Kolenda stationed when he wrote to Greg Mortenson?

2. What was the magnitude of the Kashmir earthquake?

3. After his surgery, Mortenson ordered Sarfraz to take how long off work in Part 2: Chapter 10?

4. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?

5. What is a 500 mile mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan?

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