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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. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1999.

2. What did Greg Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan to be for him in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Transportation manager.
(b) Head of construction.
(c) Remote project director.
(d) Carpenter.

3. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious?
(a) Lahmu.
(b) Nargileh.
(c) Alhandullellah.
(d) Madrasah.

4. What is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global "War on Terror"?
(a) Operation Phoenix.
(b) Operation Griffin.
(c) Operation Golden Eagle.
(d) Operation Enduring Freedom.

5. What word, translated as "way" or "path" refers to the code of conduct or religious law of Islam?
(a) Zoroaster.
(b) Parcham.
(c) Khosrau.
(d) Sharia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?

2. What is the second largest branch of Islam?

3. What area of around 367,000 square miles that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia (Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand) is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas?

4. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was formed after the Saur Revolution which took place in what year?

5. Where was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does CAI specialize in? Why?

3. How was the meeting between Sadhar Khan and Mortenson described in Part 1: Chapter 4?

4. Who are the Kirghiz people? Where do they live?

5. Why did Mortenson travel to Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?

6. What information did Sarfraz Khan give to Mortenson when they met in Part 1: Chapter 2 about the region?

7. What orphan did Mortenson meet in Part 1: Chapter 5? What impact did he have on the author?

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

9. What had led to a flood of donations for CAI in Part 1: Chapter 5? What did the money afford them the ability to build?

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

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