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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?
(a) May 14, 1997.
(b) April 1, 2000.
(c) October 8, 2005.
(d) June 27, 2003.

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

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

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

6. What Kirghiz leader did Mortenson meet in Part 1: Chapter 6?
(a) Wohid Khan.
(b) Sarfraz Khan.
(c) Sadhar Khan.
(d) Abdul Rashid Khan.

7. What refers to the Hindko speaking community who belong to the Hazara region of Pakistan?
(a) Hazarewal.
(b) Muezzin.
(c) Sokkar.
(d) Dajaaj.

8. What is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia?
(a) The Brown Octogon.
(b) The Silver Wedge.
(c) The Red Square.
(d) The Golden Crescent.

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

10. What word, translated as "way" or "path" refers to the code of conduct or religious law of Islam?
(a) Zoroaster.
(b) Sharia.
(c) Khosrau.
(d) Parcham.

11. 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 Silver Crescent.
(b) The Ruby Crescent.
(c) The Golden Triangle.
(d) The Emerald Trinagle.

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

13. Where did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) Paghman.
(b) Herat.
(c) Sheberghan.
(d) Zuudkhan.

14. Who formed the The Central Asia Institute as an American non-profit organization along with Greg Mortenson?
(a) Helmut Reinhardt.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) Hiroshi Fujikawa.
(d) Jean Hoerni.

15. Where did Greg Mortenson serve in the U.S. Army after high school?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Japan.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the author claim in Part 1: Chapter 5 was not above taking a profit from the sale of opium in his community but would take the money and use it to better the lives of his own people?

3. Who is the spiritual leader of the Taliban movement that operates in Afghanistan?

4. In Sarhad, Mortenson was touched by the excitement of the students, especially a young girl who had been left disabled due to what disease?

5. What is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan?

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