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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 daughter?
(a) Amira.
(b) Paymaneh.
(c) Shararah.
(d) Yagana.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson's daughter asked a simple question which led to CAI sending thousands of ___________ to Pakistani schools.
(a) Chalkboards.
(b) Crayons.
(c) Books.
(d) Jump ropes.

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

4. Where was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?
(a) Tokzar.
(b) Mulkanah.
(c) Saw.
(d) Munay.

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

6. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?
(a) The Anandatman Canyon.
(b) The Vedanta Canyon.
(c) The Pratikam Valley.
(d) The Neelum Valley.

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

8. How many provinces make up Afghanistan?
(a) 19.
(b) 8.
(c) 34.
(d) 47.

9. When did the Partition of India take place?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1962.

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

11. When Prince Charles of Britain and his wife visited the school at Patika, Chaudry did not mention whose help in the rebuilding of the schools?
(a) CAI's.
(b) KGB's.
(c) FBI's.
(d) NRA's.

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

13. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz continued to monitor the tent schools in Azad Kashmir as well as what other locations?
(a) Afghanistan and the Wakhan.
(b) Pakistan and the Simin.
(c) Tajikistan and the Behnam.
(d) Afghanistan and the Behnam.

14. What reconstruction authority was made by the military regime to accommodate the retired high military officials while keeping the command of the reconstruction and rehabilitation authority directly under the military in Pakistan?
(a) PURA.
(b) SABAL.
(c) ERRA.
(d) CHIRP.

15. In what small village did Kolenda learn that the people desperately wanted a school for their children in Part 3: Chapter 12?
(a) Farah.
(b) Ghazni.
(c) Saw.
(d) Khost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the students in the tent schools in Patika passed their tests in the spring in Part 2: Chapter 10?

2. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz underwent surgery for what?

4. Central Asia Institute was the first organization to rebuild earthquake resistant schools in Azad Kashmir when?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Sarfraz convinced Mortenson and the CAI to help provide what to remote places and schools?

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