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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. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?
(a) Accidental mortality.
(b) Commoners passing.
(c) Deaths of innocents.
(d) Collateral damage.

2. From what village was Wakil Karimi?
(a) Kushk.
(b) Tokzar.
(c) Lalander.
(d) Achin.

3. In what village was the Government Boys' Degree High School located?
(a) Karokh.
(b) Rudbar.
(c) Patika.
(d) Chiras.

4. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Line of Control.
(b) Defense Wall.
(c) Hostility Line.
(d) Point of No Return.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kunar Province is located in what region of Afghanistan?

2. What is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east?

3. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?

4. Approximately how many casualties were there from the Kashmir earthquake?

5. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long after his recovery in Part 2: Chapter 10 was Sarfraz Khan working again? Where?

2. Who wrote to Mortenson for help in Part 3: Chapter 12? What was Mortenson's response?

3. What occupied Mortenson's mind upon returning to Montana in Part 2: Chapter 9?

4. How did the Kashmir earthquake affect the Government Boys' Degree High School?

5. What did Mortenson discover about military support in Part 3: Chapter 12?

6. Where was Mortenson when he learned of the Kashmir earthquake? What did he do?

7. Why did Sarfraz Khan convince Mortenson to delay building permanent structures after the Kashmir earthquake?

8. How did Chaudry feel about aid workers in Part 2: Chapter 10? Where was there hope?

9. When and where did Mortenson meet Wakil Karimi? Where was Wakil from?

10. What did Farzana relate to Mortenson in Part 2: Chapter 9?

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