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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 is a twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter?

2. Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and what tectonic plates?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Sarfraz convinced Mortenson and the CAI to help provide what to remote places and schools?

4. Kunar Province borders what province to the north?

5. What is the state capital of Kashmir?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Taliban respond to the Kashmir earthquake?

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

3. What illness did Sartfraz Khan suffer from in Part 2: Chapter 10?

4. When was the school in Saw completed? What was the reaction of the Taliban?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characteristics of Sadhar Khan in the narrative and examine other accounts of this individual. What did Mortenson hope to gain by meeting Sadhar?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the economic situation in Afghanistan. How is wealth distributed among the people? What is the principal export of the country?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Mortenson's discoveries while on his first official trip in Afghanistan. Why did Dr. Ghani believe building schools in the city was far more important?

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