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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose support would Mortenson have to gain in Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?

2. What is the world's highest mountain?

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

4. What village council or meeting must take place whenever a major decision is to be made within or for the people of a village in Afghanistan?

5. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the reasons for Sarfraz's precautions in travel. What dangers did Mortenson and Sarfraz face in the region and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Wahkan Corridor. What people live in this region? What are the religious and cultural viewpoints?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the geography of K2 and Mortenson's experiences there as detailed in Three Cups of Tea. What criticism has Mortenson's previous book drawn?

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