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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area of around 367,000 square miles that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia (Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand) is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas?
(a) The Golden Triangle.
(b) The Ruby Crescent.
(c) The Emerald Trinagle.
(d) The Silver Crescent.

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

3. What is the peak elevation of K2?
(a) 28,251 feet.
(b) 19,470 feet.
(c) 14,496 feet.
(d) 14,411 feet.

4. When did Greg Mortenson begin his first trip into Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) December, 2001.
(b) May, 2000.
(c) June, 2001.
(d) March, 2002.

5. In addition to opiates, Afghanistan is also the largest producer of what drug in the world?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) LSD.
(d) Mescaline.

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

7. When did Greg Mortenson attempt to climb K2, leading to events that would inspire CAI?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1991.

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

9. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's sister, in whose memory he sought to climb K2?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Christa.

10. Where are the headquarters of the Central Asia Institute?
(a) Bozeman, Montana.
(b) Bellingham, Washington.
(c) Boulder, Colorado.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

11. 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) Pennies for Peace.
(b) It Makes Cents.
(c) All My Pennies.
(d) Cents for Change.

12. For how long did Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time remain on the New York Times Best Seller List?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 29 weeks.
(d) 1 year.

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

14. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?
(a) Gout.
(b) Yellow Fever.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Smallpox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers?

2. What does NGO stand for?

3. From what country is it the most hazardous to reach K2?

4. What young orphan who was talented at fixing cars did Mortenson want to help in Part 1: Chapter 5?

5. What is the world's highest mountain?

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