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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. What pass between northern Pakistan and the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan is extremely remote and often closed off for six months or more during the winter due to heavy snows?
(a) The Irshad Pass.
(b) The Tagao Pass.
(c) The Gereshk Pass.
(d) The Darzab Pass.

2. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Native governmental order.
(b) National government operation.
(c) Normal government operations.
(d) Non-governmental organization.

3. In the end of Part 2: Chapter 8, Mortenson was going crazy sitting at home in Montana, so his wife told him to pack a bag and go to Pakistan despite the fact he would not be able to return home for which holiday?
(a) Easter.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

4. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2002.

5. When did the Soviet war in Afghanistan end?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When it was first established, 49% of Ariana Afghan Airlines was owned by what company?

3. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?

4. In what city did Mortenson meet Wakil Karimi?

5. In addition to opiates, Afghanistan is also the largest producer of what drug in the world?

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