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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of Greg Mortenson's daughter?

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

4. What is the capital of Pakistan?

5. On what date did Sarfraz enter Azad Kashmir in Part 2: Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occupied Mortenson's mind upon returning to Montana in Part 2: Chapter 9?

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

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

4. What did the desks symbolize to the students in Pakistan after the earthquake?

5. When was the school in Saw completed? What was the reaction of the Taliban?

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

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

8. What were LTC Chris Kolenda's duties in Afghanistan? How were these atypical?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the economic situation in Afghanistan. How is wealth distributed among the people? What is the principal export of the country?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Kashmir earthquake and its impact in Patika, Pakistan. Why were schools impacted as badly as they were in the disaster?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Mortenson's discoveries while on his first official trip in Afghanistan. Why did Dr. Ghani believe building schools in the city was far more important?

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