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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supplies for the school did Greg and his guide buy first, that could not be bargained?
(a) Building tools.
(b) Lumber.
(c) Rope.
(d) Concrete.

2. The hired truck that carried the Korphe school supplies was stopped en route due to local ____.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Wedding.
(c) Holiday.
(d) Funeral.

3. Greg's dad died of what?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Kidney failure.
(d) Stroke.

4. Back in the U.S., who suggested that Greg make school building his life work, his career?
(a) Villard.
(b) Hoerni.
(c) Reinhardt.
(d) McCown.

5. What was the only direct route to Korphe before the bridge?
(a) Cable car.
(b) Mountain path.
(c) Caves.
(d) Boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being stopped overnight in the hired truck carrying the Korphe school supplies, what indicated to Greg and the driver that the local issue had been resolved?

2. With whom did Greg agree to stay while in Waziristan?

3. What did Greg remember most about meeting U.S. Secretary of defense Rumsfeld?

4. When Greg got back in the U.S., after his welcoming time in Korphe, he went to what place to get his possessions?

5. How much money did the students at Greg's mother's school raise for Greg's project with their pennies fund-raising effort?

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