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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Under Taliban law, girls were allowed neither to work nor to be educated after the age of what?
(a) 8.
(b) 21.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.
2. What is the largest branch of Islam?
(a) Shukran Islam.
(b) Shia Islam.
(c) Sokkar Islam.
(d) Sunni Islam.
3. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was formed after the Saur Revolution which took place in what year?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1985.
4. Where did Mortenson spend his early childhood and adolescence?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Romania.
(c) Italy.
(d) Egypt.
5. What does NGO stand for?
(a) Normal government operations.
(b) Non-governmental organization.
(c) National government operation.
(d) Native governmental order.
Short Answer Questions
1. What minister of finance told Mortenson of Afghanistan's overwhelming need for money and the lack of funds received as promised from the American government in Part 1: Chapter 3?
2. What is the name of the remote mountainous section of Afghanistan where the Kirghiz people live?
3. Sarfraz was diligent about Mortenson's safety and would often hire and fire what on a whim?
4. What is the capital of Afghanistan?
5. When did Greg Mortenson first meet Sarfraz Khan?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Sandhar Khan's position on the opium trade described in Part 1: Chapter 5?
2. When and where did Mortenson meet Sarfraz Khan?
3. Why did Mortenson travel to Badakshan in Part 1: Chapter 4?
4. What does CAI specialize in? Why?
5. Who are the Kirghiz people? Where do they live?
6. Why did Mortenson not refuse the nearly impossible task of building a school in the Wakhan Corridor?
7. When did Mortenson first enter Afghanistan in Part 1: Chapter 3? What scenes did he find?
8. How were Mortenson and Sarfraz Khan's travels described in Part 1: Chapter 5?
9. What information did Sarfraz Khan give to Mortenson when they met in Part 1: Chapter 2 about the region?
10. What other works has Greg Mortenson written? What charity did he help form?
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