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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mortenson spend his early childhood and adolescence?
(a) Romania.
(b) Tanzania.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Italy.

2. Ariana Afghan Airlines was established when?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1973.

3. Where did Greg Mortenson earn a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and an associate's degree in nursing?
(a) The University of Minnesota.
(b) The University of Montana.
(c) The University of Kansas.
(d) The University of South Dakota.

4. What is the largest branch of Islam?
(a) Sunni Islam.
(b) Sokkar Islam.
(c) Shukran Islam.
(d) Shia Islam.

5. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Normal government operations.
(b) National government operation.
(c) Non-governmental organization.
(d) Native governmental order.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Greg Mortenson born?

2. When did the Taliban rise to power by defeating their mujahadeen rivals and seizing control of Kandahar, spreading east?

3. What United States President signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul?

4. What minister of finance told Mortenson of Afghanistan's overwhelming need for money and the lack of funds received as promised from the American government in Part 1: Chapter 3?

5. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events inspired the formation of CAI?

2. What obstacles did CAI face in building within Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 5?

3. How was Kabul described in Mortenson's Afghanistan visit in Part 1: Chapter 3?

4. How was Sandhar Khan's position on the opium trade described in Part 1: Chapter 5?

5. Why did Mortenson not refuse the nearly impossible task of building a school in the Wakhan Corridor?

6. What led to Sarfraz Khan's disfigurement? What skills did he possess?

7. How and when did the Taliban rise to power in Afghanistan? What laws did they enact?

8. What was the impact of the Newsweek article in Part 1: Chapter 6? Where was Mortenson taken?

9. What obstacles for Mortenson are presented in Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4?

10. Where did Sarfraz Khan take Mortenson in Part 1: Chapter 2? Whom did they meet there?

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