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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the second most affected district by the Kashmir earthquake, accounting for 15% of the total casualties?
(a) Heyya.
(b) Marhaba.
(c) Shukran.
(d) Bagh.

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

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

10. 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) FBI's.
(d) CAI's.

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

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

13. What is the capital of Pakistan?
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Gujranwala.
(c) Rawalpindi.
(d) Lahore.

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

15. 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) Tajikistan and the Behnam.
(d) Afghanistan and the Wakhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz underwent surgery for what?

3. How many people in Afghanistan were reported killed by the Kashmir earthquake?

4. What ex-Taliban member taught at the Government Boys' Degree High School?

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

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