Three Cups of Tea Quizzes

Three Cups of Tea Quiz 1

1 Which mountain does Mortenson climb in Chapter 1?
Mt. Kilimanjaro

K2

Lhotse

Mt. Everest
2 Why does Greg Mortenson climb K2?
As a nurse to take care of other climbers

To find villages that need new schools

To honor the memory of his late sister, Christa

To visit his childhood home
3 How long does the rescue mission of Fine take?
78 hours

24 hours

6 hours

78 days
4 From where did the Balti people migrate to Pakistan?
Tibet

Nepal

Afghanistan

India
5 Which village did Mortenson believe he was entering as he approached Korphe?
Islamabad

Askole

Korphe

Skardu
6 What type of quilt does Haji Ali give Mortenson on his first night in Korphe?
Thin wool

Cotton

Thick maroon silk

Patchwork quilt
7 Why was Mouzafer so well-known in the Karakoram?
He was one of the most talented porters in the region

He was a famous mountaineer before he became a porter

He used to live in Korphe

He was a crook
8 Who goes with Mortenson back to Skardu?
Mouzafer and Darsney

Haji Ali and Sakina

Mouzafer and Haji Ali

Darsney and Haji Ali
9 What does the nurmadhar do when he notices Mortenson is still too thin?
Grows more apricot trees

Serves him three cups of tea

Orders the slaughter of a chogo rabak

Sends him back to Skardu
10 Why do the children of Korphe have reddish hair?
Apricots

Sunlight

Malnutrition

Genetics
11 How was Mortenson helping the villagers before he decided to build a school?
Working in the fields

Teaching the village children

Teaching the villagers English

Using his training as a nurse
12 Which of the following was NOT a problem with Korphe's school before Mortenson built them a new school?
There was no schoolhouse

Children did not want to go to school

The village could not afford a teacher

Pakistan's government did not provide a teacher
13 What does Greg Mortenson's father, "Dempsey," found in Tanzania?
University

Teaching hospital

Laboratory

Museum
14 After fourteen years in Africa, where do the Mortensons return to?
Wisconsin

Minnesota

Montana

California
15 Where does Mortenson serve with the U.S. Army?
Germany

Vietnam

Korea

Italy
16 What happened at the exact time Mortenson fell down Mount Sill?
He met Mouzafer Ali

Dempsey died

Christa died

He met his wife, Tara
17 To collect money to build the school at Korphe, Mortenson mailed how many letters?
600 letters

1000 letters

580 letters

50 letters
18 What does Kishwar Syed do when he learns about Mortenson's goal to build a school in Korphe?
Kicks him out of his shop

Gives him free computer lessons to be able to type more letters

Donates the money Mortenson needs to build the school

Tells Mortenson that the project is impossible
19 Who finally responds to one of Mortenson's letters?
Oprah Winfrey

Susan Sarandon

Tom Brokaw

Bernard Shaw
20 How does Dr. Jean Hoerni hear about Mortenson's project?
Tom Vaughan's item in the AHF national newsletter

Hoerni received one of Mortenson's letters

They met on K2

Through Tom Brokaw
21 Which of the following does Mortenson NOT sell to fund his trip to Pakistan?
His climbing gear

His book collection

His car, La Bamba

Christa's bracelet
22 What does Mortenson ask Manzoor to teach him?
How to build a bridge

How to make a shalwar

How Muslims pray

How to bargain
23 Which of the following is NOT a reason that China helped Pakistan construct the KKH?
To contain the Soviet Union's influence and keep it out of Central Asia

To create easier access to a new market

To build an alliance against India

To repay Pakistan for its allegiance
24 What does Mortenson feel most endangered by in Pakistan?
Terrorism

Weather

Anti-Americanism

Roads
25 What is a common feature of weddings in Baltistan?
A special form of bellydance

The women ululating

The ceremonial slaughter of an ibex

The bridge crying at being forced to leave her parents

what type of people are called wazirs? how did they treat greg during his stay in waziristan?

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What happens to Wickwire during the summit?

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Without a headlamp, he couldn't make the technical descent in the dark and Wickwire was forced to endure one of the highest bivouacs ever recorded. His oxygen ran out and he suffered severe frostbite, pneumonia, pleurisy, and a...

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What role does Kishwar Syed play in Mortenson's fundraising?

Kishwar Syed, a Pakistani owner of a local photocopying shop, teaches Mortenson how to use a computer; the copy-and-paste function is nothing short of miraculous to him for the time it saves. He eventually writes some 580 letters to celebrities...

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