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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. Whose support would Mortenson have to gain in Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Mohammed Omar.
(b) Haji Kamran.
(c) Nazo Tokhi.
(d) Sadhar Khan.

2. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?
(a) Yellow Fever.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Gout.
(d) Smallpox.

3. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) March, 2002.
(b) December, 2001.
(c) June, 2001.
(d) May, 2000.

4. What is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow?
(a) Pashtunwali.
(b) Qarqin.
(c) Qaravol.
(d) Sangin.

5. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) China.
(c) United States.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under Taliban law, girls were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of what?

2. Into what areas does CAI specialize in going into first to establish schools?

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

4. What young orphan who was talented at fixing cars did Mortenson want to help in Part 1: Chapter 5?

5. Who does the author claim in Part 1: Chapter 5 was not above taking a profit from the sale of opium in his community but would take the money and use it to better the lives of his own people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan as in Part 1: Chapter 4?

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

6. What did Mortenson learn from the children he passed traveling to Faizabad in Part 1: Chapter 6?

7. How were Mortenson and Sarfraz Khan's travels described in Part 1: Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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