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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Behnam.
(b) Pakistan and the Simin.
(c) Tajikistan and the Behnam.
(d) Afghanistan and the Wakhan.

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

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

4. 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.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 10, Sarfraz hired designers from where to design earthquake-proof schools?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Canada.
(d) United States.

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

7. How long after returning home from the hospital was Sarfraz back in Azad Kashmir in Part 2: Chapter 10?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

8. From what village was Wakil Karimi?
(a) Lalander.
(b) Kushk.
(c) Achin.
(d) Tokzar.

9. What insightful little girl informed Mortenson that the students were still traumatized by the earthquake and they wanted desks in the classroom in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) Farzana.
(b) Farrukhzad.
(c) Shararah.
(d) Anoosheh.

10. 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) ERRA.
(b) SABAL.
(c) PURA.
(d) CHIRP.

11. Approximately how many casualties were there from the Kashmir earthquake?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 79,000.
(c) 120,000.
(d) 35,000.

12. In Part 3: Chapter 14, Mortenson was hoping to get to what village of the Kirghiz people for the first time?
(a) Tagao.
(b) Bozai Gumbaz.
(c) Tokzar.
(d) Char Burj.

13. What is a 500 mile mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan?
(a) Hindu Kush.
(b) Arma.
(c) Pamir.
(d) Salang.

14. In what village did Mortenson notice that many of the children were not attending classes in Part 2: Chapter 9?
(a) Pakpattan.
(b) Taxila.
(c) Nouseri.
(d) Chaman.

15. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the Islamic month for fasting?
(a) Rajab.
(b) Muḥarram.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Shawwāl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 9, Mortenson found himself obsessed with the activity in Pakistan until the night he realized his five year old son ___________.

2. What involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it?

3. What is a Himalayan gorge in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, stretching from Muzaffarabad all the way to Athmuqam and beyond to Taobutt?

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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