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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. Kunar Province borders what province to the north?
(a) Kandahar Province.
(b) Nuristan Province.
(c) Nangarhar Province.
(d) Zabul Province.

2. What is the capital of Kunar Province?
(a) Kuhestan.
(b) Asadabad.
(c) Tir Pol.
(d) Jorm.

3. Where was Greg Mortenson when he received word of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Salt Lake City, UT.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

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

5. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi in what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1993.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was LTC Chris Kolenda stationed when he wrote to Greg Mortenson?

2. Mortenson met Wakil Karimi when he began checking into _________.

3. 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?

4. From what village was Wakil Karimi?

5. What is a twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote to Mortenson for help in Part 3: Chapter 12? What was Mortenson's response?

2. How did Wakil Karimi feel about entering Kunar in Part 3: Chapter 13? What changed his mind?

3. What actions did Shaukat Ali Chaudry take during the Kashmir earthquake?

4. What illness did Sartfraz Khan suffer from in Part 2: Chapter 10?

5. Describe the aftermath of the Kashmir earthquake. Who were many of the casualties?

6. What donations and aid came into CAI following the Kashmir earthquake? What obstacles did the charity face?

7. What were Mortenson's feelings about the military as described in Part 3: Chapter 12?

8. How did the Kashmir earthquake affect the Government Boys' Degree High School?

9. How was the entrance of Azad Kashmir described by Sarfraz Khan in Part 2: Chapter 8?

10. Where was Mortenson when he learned of the Kashmir earthquake? What did he do?

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