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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's wife?
(a) Tara Bishop.
(b) Tara Mortenson.
(c) Sara Mortenson.
(d) Sara Darsney.

2. What was the second most affected district by the Kashmir earthquake, accounting for 15% of the total casualties?
(a) Shukran.
(b) Marhaba.
(c) Bagh.
(d) Heyya.

3. Central Asia Institute was the first organization to rebuild earthquake resistant schools in Azad Kashmir when?
(a) April, 2000.
(b) November, 2006.
(c) May, 2003.
(d) September, 2002.

4. What is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east?
(a) Azerbaijan.
(b) Kazakhstan.
(c) Tajikistan.
(d) Qatar.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz underwent surgery for what?
(a) Abscessed gall bladder and liver.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Broken foot.

6. What is a twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter?
(a) OH-58 Kiowa.
(b) Boeing CH-47 Chinook.
(c) Westland WAH-64 Apache Longbow.
(d) LAMPS SH-60B Seahawk 2.

7. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's daughter?
(a) Yagana.
(b) Paymaneh.
(c) Shararah.
(d) Amira.

8. Where did Sarfraz begin his tour of the areas impacted by the earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 7?
(a) Balakot.
(b) Abbottabad.
(c) Vehari.
(d) Muridke.

9. Kashmir lies in the area of collision of the Eurasian and what tectonic plates?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Australian.
(c) Juan de Fuca.
(d) Indian.

10. Where did Wakil Karimi grow up?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A refugee camp.
(c) A castle.
(d) A military base.

11. What involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Counter-insurgency.

12. 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) Could read.
(b) Knew subtraction.
(c) Was sick.
(d) Was good at baseball.

13. When was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?
(a) September, 2008.
(b) July, 2006.
(c) October, 2005.
(d) April, 2009.

14. What ex-Taliban member taught at the Government Boys' Degree High School?
(a) Abdul Rashid Khan.
(b) Shaukat Ali Chaudry.
(c) Mohammed Omar.
(d) Farrukh Seir.

15. What is the capital of Pakistan?
(a) Gujranwala.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Lahore.
(d) Rawalpindi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Mortenson got the approval for Sarfraz to build how many earthquake proof schools in Azad Kashmir?

2. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?

3. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's son?

4. Before Mortenson and his team could complete the final leg of their journey in Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson learned that _________ wanted to have lunch with him in three days.

5. Azad Kashmir has an estimated population of how many?

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