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

2. When Greg returned to Pakistan, he found petitions to build more schools, but he was opposed at first by whom?
(a) Religous leaders.
(b) The government.
(c) Village elders.
(d) The people.

3. Brent was Greg's ____.
(a) Brother-in-law.
(b) Korphe guide.
(c) Brother.
(d) Uncle.

4. At one point in Chapters 13 through 16, it is mentioned that Tara went to Pakistan, bringing ___ along.
(a) Amira.
(b) Hoerni.
(c) Allison.
(d) Kishwar.

5. The new CAI board of directors included Hoerni's widow, Jennifer ____.
(a) Johnson.
(b) Hoerni.
(c) Smith.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faisal Baig later became Greg's ___.

2. Who told Greg that at age 40 he was too old and too fat to find the right woman?

3. Before Greg was blind-folded and taken away, he was awakened in Waziristan by men pointing what at him?

4. Hoerni called Greg soon after Amira's birth, and Hoerni was calling from where?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Brent and how did he help in Korphe?

2. When Greg expressed his disappointment about the Korphe school's progress, what did Haji Ali point out about the school?

3. Who is Ghulam Parvi?

4. What warning did Haji Ali give Greg, since Greg traveled around the country a lot?

5. What did Twaha tell Greg about finding the right woman?

6. Upon returning to Pakistan in Chapters 10 through 12, what did Greg find had been done on the Korphe school project?

7. What happened when Greg contacted Tara after is Waziristan release, and being out of contact with her for several days?

8. Where did Greg and Tara Bishop meet and how did their relationship develop?

9. Why was Greg accepted into the kitchen by Sakina, Haji Ali's wife, when outsiders are usually not allowed into such places?

10. Who wrote Greg a check to build the Korphe bridge?

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