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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Greg Mortenson earn a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and an associate's degree in nursing?
(a) The University of South Dakota.
(b) The University of Montana.
(c) The University of Minnesota.
(d) The University of Kansas.

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

3. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the United States occupation started in what year?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2003.

4. Where was Sarfraz Khan shot and permanently disfigured while in the military?
(a) His face.
(b) His hand.
(c) His spine.
(d) His leg.

5. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2002.

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

7. Sarfraz was diligent about Mortenson's safety and would often hire and fire what on a whim?
(a) Assistants.
(b) Advisors.
(c) Contractors.
(d) Drivers.

8. What is the world's highest mountain?
(a) Mt. Whitney.
(b) Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(c) Mt. McKinley.
(d) Mount Everest.

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

10. What does the word "taliban" mean in Arabic?
(a) Rulers.
(b) Students.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Almighty.

11. In 2007, what percent of the opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan?
(a) 92.
(b) 83.
(c) 68.
(d) 58.

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

13. In Part 1: Chapter 5, due to having just received a flood of donations, where was CAI able to agree to build a school to appease Sadhar?
(a) Baharak.
(b) Jalalabad.
(c) Samangan.
(d) Taloqan.

14. What young orphan who was talented at fixing cars did Mortenson want to help in Part 1: Chapter 5?
(a) Akbar.
(b) Abdul.
(c) Ashiqullah.
(d) Asslam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who formed the The Central Asia Institute as an American non-profit organization along with Greg Mortenson?

2. What United States President signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul?

3. What is the official name used by the U.S. government for the War in Afghanistan, together with a number of smaller military actions, under the umbrella of the global "War on Terror"?

4. When was Pakistan struck by a major earthquake in the narrative?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, Mortenson traveled with his bookkeeper in the Wakhan to Baharak shortly after following the publication of an article from what publication, claiming an American soldier flushed the Koran down a toilet?

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