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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. How many days after meeting did Greg and Tara make a major relationship decision about themselves?

2. Back in Pakistan, Greg met ___ Parvi, who now worked with Changazi.

3. Who paid the ram price to the mercenary to keep the Korphe school project from being shut down?

4. Whose wife died in child birth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. On the day the Korphe school was completed, what did Haji Ali give Greg?

2. Once the Korphe school project began, why was Greg relegated to bystander?

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

4. According to Chapters 13 through 16, why did Greg start taking his meals in the kitchen?

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

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

7. Why did Greg hire additional teachers for the government school mentioned in Chapters 13 through 16?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did Greg and Christa's relationship have on each of their lives, and what kind of relationship did they have? Provide details from the book to support responses.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Greg's attitude towards the people of Korphe and how this affected his relationship with them - from when he met them to after completing the school and being involved in later projects to help the people of Korphe.

Essay Topic 3

How did Greg's relationship with Dr. Villard develop, and eventually lead to disappointment; and how did this relationship exemplify the level of Greg's commitment to the Korphe school project, as well as his feelings toward Dr. Villard?

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