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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. Who was in charge of foreign relief coordination after the Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan?

2. What was the second most affected district by the Kashmir earthquake, accounting for 15% of the total casualties?

3. When was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?

4. What refers to the military border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?

5. In Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson was hoping to get to what village of the Kirghiz people for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tasks was Sarfraz Khan in charge of after the Kashmir earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 10?

2. What were Mortenson's feelings about the military as described in Part 3: Chapter 12?

3. What project did Wakil Karimi convince Mortenson to take on in Part 3: Chapter 13?

4. What were LTC Chris Kolenda's duties in Afghanistan? How were these atypical?

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

6. How did Wakil Karimi feel about entering Kunar in Part 3: Chapter 13? What changed his mind?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the village of Zuudkhan and the Charpurson Valley. What natural resources are available to the people? What are the demographics and economy like?

Essay Topic 3

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

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