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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name refers to an Afghan freedom fighter?
(a) Muttawa.
(b) Mamoul.
(c) Merhaba.
(d) Mujahadeen.

2. Where did Mortenson spend his early childhood and adolescence?
(a) Italy.
(b) Romania.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Egypt.

3. When did the fall of the communist Mohammad Najibullah-regime take place?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1975.

4. When it was first established, 49% of Ariana Afghan Airlines was owned by what company?
(a) Boeing.
(b) Halliburton.
(c) Ford Motor Company.
(d) Pan American World Airways.

5. What did Greg Mortenson hire Sarfraz Khan to be for him in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Transportation manager.
(c) Remote project director.
(d) Head of construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?

2. When was Greg Mortenson born?

3. What is the peak elevation of K2?

4. Where are the headquarters of the Central Asia Institute?

5. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?

(see the answer key)

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