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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many provinces make up Afghanistan?
(a) 47.
(b) 8.
(c) 19.
(d) 34.

2. When were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda taken against the United States?
(a) December 31, 1999.
(b) September 11, 2001.
(c) July 4, 2000.
(d) October 31, 2000.

3. What does the word "taliban" mean in Arabic?
(a) Rebels.
(b) Students.
(c) Rulers.
(d) Almighty.

4. Kunar Province borders what province to the south?
(a) Nangarhar Province.
(b) Ghor Province.
(c) Samangan Province.
(d) Kabul Province.

5. When did the Panjdeh Incident take place?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1897.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Pakistan?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 13, Kunar almost turned around on his first trip into Kunar Province, but changed his mind after ____________.

3. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?

4. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious?

5. Along what dangerous road through the Khyber Pass did Greg Mortenson first enter Afghanistan?

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