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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 was directed, during a meeting, to pay for Greg's personal living expenses while he worked on his projects, as mentioned in Chapters 10 through 12?

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

3. Before traveling to Waziristan, Greg settled on a guide by the name of ____.

4. Greg began a new project to bring ___ to people in rural areas in an effort to reduce infant mortality.

5. What arrived in a red velvet box?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Hoerni insist that George McGowan could help Greg with his school projects?

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

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

8. What did Greg admit to Twaha about his relationship with Marina?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The people of Korphe wanted a bridge. Greg not only did not have the money to build it, he was reluctant to have a bridge connecting the outside world to Korphe. What did the bridge symbolize to the people, and what did it symbolize to Greg? Provide details from the book in responses.

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

Define Greg's religious belief as a young man, and how his time in Rawalpindi impacted his religious belief system. Provide details from the book to support your response.

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