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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supply item for the Korphe school had to be bargained for over many hours?
(a) Building tools.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Rope.

2. Greg's failure to climb the ___ mountain in Pakistan led to great successes in his life.
(a) K2.
(b) K4.
(c) K5.
(d) K3.

3. What was the hired truck's destination that carried the Korphe school supplies?
(a) Kuardu.
(b) Skardu.
(c) Rawalpindi.
(d) Korphe.

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

5. What was the name of the copy shop that did not have typewriters when Greg needed to rent one to finish his donation letters?
(a) Lazer Supply.
(b) Lazer Ink and Copy.
(c) Lazer Copy.
(d) Lazer Image.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Greg ride on the hired truck that carried the supplies for the Korphe school?

2. What village is the person from, to whom Greg entrusted the Korphe school supplies?

3. In Chapters 1 thorough 5, who asked Greg out on a date?

4. When Greg became lost immediately after the failed climbing attempt, who had almost all of his belongings?

5. In one village, ___ village elders, along with the person Greg entrusted with the Korphe school supplies, insisted that Greg build a school in their village.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Greg get so tired that he lost sight of his guide and fellow climber and then got lost, after the failed K2 attempt?

2. Why was Korphe so isolated?

3. Once back in the states, after the disappointing news at Korphe, why was Greg reluctant to call Hoerni?

4. Why was Greg worried about the Korphe school building supplies that he left in the care of Changazi until he could arrange to get them the rest of the way to Korphe?

5. How was Greg treated by the people of Korphe when he stumbled upon their village after getting lost a second time?

6. How did Kishwar Syed help Greg with his letter writing effort to raise money for the Korphe school project?

7. What was Greg's attitude about spending money in Pakistan for his travel and accommodations?

8. Spending time in Korphe, what did Greg soon realize about the Korphe people?

9. Why was Greg ambivalent about a relationship with Dr. Villard?

10. How did Greg and Mouzafer reconnect after Greg got lost the first time, after the failed K2 climb?

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