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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. According to Chapters 6 through 9, Greg's girlfriend told him that his few ___ did not refer to their relationship and that she did not want to wait around.
(a) Post cards.
(b) Letters.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Phone calls.

2. Where did Greg's supply guide take Greg to get Greg some native clothes?
(a) A tailor.
(b) His home.
(c) The next village.
(d) The local street booth.

3. What kind of tea did Mouzafer make for Greg before continuing the journey, after they found each other again?
(a) White.
(b) Butter.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

4. Who did the villagers promise to go out and look for the next day after Greg was welcomed into Korphe?
(a) Greg's climbing assistant.
(b) Greg's climbing group.
(c) Greg's guide.
(d) Greg's wife and guide.

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.
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the hired truck's destination that carried the Korphe school supplies?

2. Greg did not fit in during his teens until he went where?

3. What sound did Greg hear after surviving a night lost in the mountains, that signaled he was near a village?

4. Who met Greg at the door when he arrived to find out why they did not meet him when he returned stateside?

5. Where did Greg sleep to avoid the cost of an apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Greg find on the day he visited the Korphe "school"?

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

4. What type of room accommodation did Greg have in Rawalpindi?

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

6. What did Changazi and two of his village elders want Greg to do with the Korphe school building supplies?

7. How did Greg avoid the cost of an apartment once back in the U.S., after he made the promise to build a school in Korphe?

8. What did Haji Ali and Greg talk about that the people needed before a school could be built?

9. How did Greg lose his dad and his sister Christa?

10. Why did Greg and the hired truck driver stay parked overnight on the road while transporting Korphe school building supplies?

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