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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who met Greg at the door when he arrived to find out why they did not meet him when he returned stateside?
2. Greg's failure to climb the ___ mountain in Pakistan led to great successes in his life.
3. 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.
4. How many days did it take Greg and his supply guide to buy all the items they needed for the Korphe school before they were delivered to a hired truck for transport?
5. Where did Greg attend high school after returning to the U.S. as a teen?
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. What type of room accommodation did Greg have in Rawalpindi?
3. Spending time in Korphe, what did Greg soon realize about the Korphe people?
4. How did Greg use his medical training to help the people of Korphe?
5. What did Changazi and two of his village elders want Greg to do with the Korphe school building supplies?
6. How did Kishwar Syed help Greg with his letter writing effort to raise money for the Korphe school project?
7. Why was Korphe so isolated?
8. 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?
9. How did Greg lose his dad and his sister Christa?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Besides Hoerni, what people other significantly impacted Greg's completion of the Korphe projects, and what were their specific contributions?
Essay Topic 2
What projects did Greg complete in Korphe, as detailed in the book, and how did each completed project impact the women of Korphe?
Essay Topic 3
It is argued that Greg's projects helped build up Pakistan and Afghanistan, and at the same time fight terrorism. Greg is described by Relin as someone with the ability to pull people together from all levels of Pakistan society, and from among all the warring factions of Islam into his realm of supporting this work. Based on the details presented in the book, do you agree or disagree with these statements, and why? Provide details from the book to support your argument.
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