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

2. As CAI built a school in Baharak, who began moving into the Wakhan and negotiating contracts with villages there to begin building schools?
(a) Shaukat Ali Chaudry.
(b) Sarfraz Khan.
(c) Ashraf Ghani.
(d) Wakil Karimi.

3. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson found himself obsessed with the activity in Pakistan until the night he realized his five year old son ___________.
(a) Knew subtraction.
(b) Was good at baseball.
(c) Could read.
(d) Was sick.

4. What is the second largest branch of Islam?
(a) Sunni Islam.
(b) Shukran Islam.
(c) Sokkar Islam.
(d) Shia Islam.

5. What is an international service-learning program sponsored by the Central Asia Institute that "helps educate American children about the world to show them they can make a difference one penny at a time"?
(a) All My Pennies.
(b) Pennies for Peace.
(c) Cents for Change.
(d) It Makes Cents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Sarfraz begin his tour of the areas impacted by the earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 7?

3. What involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it?

4. What is the capital of Pakistan?

5. What Islamic movement was founded by Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Shah Rafi al-Din, Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Zulfiqar Ali, Fadhl al-Rahman 'Usmani and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi?

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