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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. In what village was the Government Boys' Degree High School located?
(a) Patika.
(b) Chiras.
(c) Rudbar.
(d) Karokh.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 10, ____________ and his principal continued to teach out of tents in Patika, after growing weary of the promises of aid workers and government agents who failed to follow through?
(a) Omar.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Chaudry.
(d) Krakauer.

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

4. 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.

5. In Part 3: Chapter 13, Kunar almost turned around on his first trip into Kunar Province, but changed his mind after ____________.
(a) Having a dream.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Talking to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sarfraz begin his tour of the areas impacted by the earthquake in Part 2: Chapter 7?

2. What term is prevalently used as an euphemism for civilian casualties of a military action?

3. How many provinces make up Afghanistan?

4. Where was the first school in the Kunar Province completed in Part 3: Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chaudry feel about aid workers in Part 2: Chapter 10? Where was there hope?

2. What did Sarfraz Khan relate to Mortenson of the aid situation in Kashmir in Part 2: Chapter 8?

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

4. How did the Taliban respond to the Kashmir earthquake?

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

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

7. What project did Wakil Karimi convince Mortenson to take on in Part 3: Chapter 13?

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

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

10. What did Farzana relate to Mortenson in Part 2: Chapter 9?

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