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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What arrived in a red velvet box?
(a) A letter.
(b) An invitation.
(c) A small ribbon.
(d) A knife.

3. Due to approaching winter, who told Greg that putting off the Korphe school would not be a problem since the kids had not had a school for centuries?
(a) Twaha.
(b) Changazi.
(c) Haji.
(d) Mouzafer.

4. After the rain stopped, who did Greg hire to build each end of the Korphe bridge?
(a) Masons.
(b) Brick layers
(c) Civil engineers.
(d) Industrial engineers.

5. Before Greg was blind-folded and taken away, he was awakened in Waziristan by men pointing what at him?
(a) Guns.
(b) Knives.
(c) Pitchforks.
(d) Spears.

6. ___ mom lived in Bozeman, Montana.
(a) George's.
(b) Marina's.
(c) Tara's.
(d) Greg's.

7. Where did Greg have to take his meals to avoid many people talking to him while he ate?
(a) The school.
(b) His tent.
(c) His bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

8. When Greg traveled to Waziristan, he saw heavily armed men doing what?
(a) Shooting trees for target practice.
(b) Loading slaves.
(c) Smoking hashish.
(d) Unloading stolen U.N. provisions.

9. Who did Greg hire to design the Korphe bridge?
(a) Artists.
(b) Architects.
(c) Army engineers.
(d) Masons.

10. Eventually, Greg's Waziristan captors let him go and and gave him what before he was set free?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) A gun.
(d) A blanket.

11. Who began building a hotel using Korphe school supplies?
(a) Changazi.
(b) Shah.
(c) Mouzafer.
(d) Parvi.

12. In Chapters 10 through 12, it was mentioned that Greg and Haji's son talked about ____, both detailing their relationships.
(a) Work.
(b) Friends.
(c) Women.
(d) Family.

13. In what year did Greg return to Pakistan as the director of the newly founded CAI?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1989.

14. Faisal Baig later became Greg's ___.
(a) Bodyguard.
(b) Translator.
(c) Assistant CAI Director.
(d) Supply buying Guide.

15. Who paid the ram price to the mercenary to keep the Korphe school project from being shut down?
(a) Twaha.
(b) Haji.
(c) Changazi.
(d) Greg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Greg and Tara named their first child Amira ___ Mortenson.

2. The Korphe vocational center helped women ____ money.

3. Greg was back home with his wife for the birth of their first child, along with the ___.

4. Besides Haji, who else in his household treated Greg like a son, and laughed while he made tea?

5. On what night of his captivity did Greg tell his captors about his pregnant wife?

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