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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 warned Greg about traveling alone in Pakistan and to always get a guide he trusted?

2. Eventually, Greg's Waziristan captors let him go and and gave him what before he was set free?

3. ___ mom lived in Bozeman, Montana.

4. Greg had returned to the U.S., and according to Chapters 10 through 12 was working at a __.

5. What did the captors give Greg, at his request, on the third day of his captivity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Greg hire Parvi and Suleman when he returned to Pakistan, as detailed in Chapters 13 through 16?

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

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

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

5. Why did Greg start a new project for clean water, as explained in Chapters 13 through 16?

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

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

8. Why did Hoerni call Greg shortly after Greg's first child was born?

9. Why did Greg tell his Waziristan captors about his wife's pregnancy, and that she was due in less than a month?

10. Who suggested Greg make school building his life work, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Greg and Haji Ali developed a relationship overtime. Describe this relationship, as well as how this relationship connected Greg with other members of Haji's family. How did any of these relationships help Greg as he worked on the projects not just in Korphe, but later in other parts of Pakistan.

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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