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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 was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?
(a) October 8, 2005.
(b) June 27, 2003.
(c) April 1, 2000.
(d) May 14, 1997.

2. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?
(a) Asaya River.
(b) Oxus River.
(c) Iftar River.
(d) Umm River.

3. When was Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time first published?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2006.

4. What refers to the Hindko speaking community who belong to the Hazara region of Pakistan?
(a) Sokkar.
(b) Hazarewal.
(c) Muezzin.
(d) Dajaaj.

5. Under Taliban law, girls were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of what?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 5, CAI had just received a flood of donations due to an article that appeared in what periodical?

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

3. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?

4. Where did Greg Mortenson serve in the U.S. Army after high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Baharak described in Mortenson's trip in Part 1: Chapter 4?

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

3. What important elements are introduced in Part 1: Chapters 1 and 2 regarding the setting of the narrative?

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

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

6. What other works has Greg Mortenson written? What charity did he help form?

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

8. What did Mortenson learn from the minister of finance in Part 1: Chapter 3?

9. When did Mortenson first enter Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3? What scenes did he find?

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

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