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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. What Bantu language did Greg Mortenson learn fluently as a child?

2. What is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people from Afghanistan and Pakistan follow?

3. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?

4. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?

5. What is the world's highest mountain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and where did Mortenson meet Sarfraz Khan?

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

4. 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?

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

6. How did Sarfraz Khan prove to be an asset to Mortenson in Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4?

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

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

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

10. What does CAI specialize in? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the history of the opium trade in Afghanistan. Why did the opium trade grow following the outbreak of war in the country?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the allegations made against CAI and their response to the Kashmir earthquake. Allegedly, how much has been misappropriated and how?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Sarfraz Khan. How was Safraz injured in the military? What was his childhood like?

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