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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 15-17 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to the allegations made against him and his books, Mortenson wrote a statement that was published in what periodical?
(a) The Bozeman Chronicle.
(b) The Helena Independent Record.
(c) The Billings Gazette.
(d) The Missoula Independent.

2. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?
(a) Rajab.
(b) Muḥarram.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Shawwāl.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 13, Kunar almost turned around on his first trip into Kunar Province, but changed his mind after ____________.
(a) Having a dream.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Talking to his wife.
(d) Watching television.

4. Under Taliban law, girls were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of what?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 21.
(d) 5.

5. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?
(a) Commoners passing.
(b) Collateral damage.
(c) Accidental mortality.
(d) Deaths of innocents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ex-Taliban member taught at the Government Boys' Degree High School?

2. What is the capital of Kunar Province?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 17, Sarfraz called to tell Mortenson that _________ was ill in a nearby town.

4. Kunar Province is located in what region of Afghanistan?

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"?

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