Three Cups of Tea Quizzes

Three Cups of Tea Quiz 1

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

Mt. Everest

K2

Lhotse
2 Why does Greg Mortenson climb K2?
To visit his childhood home

As a nurse to take care of other climbers

To honor the memory of his late sister, Christa

To find villages that need new schools
3 How long does the rescue mission of Fine take?
78 days

24 hours

6 hours

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

Afghanistan

India

Nepal
5 Which village did Mortenson believe he was entering as he approached Korphe?
Askole

Islamabad

Korphe

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

Patchwork quilt

Cotton

Thick maroon silk
7 Why was Mouzafer so well-known in the Karakoram?
He was a crook

He used to live in Korphe

He was a famous mountaineer before he became a porter

He was one of the most talented porters in the region
8 Who goes with Mortenson back to Skardu?
Mouzafer and Haji Ali

Mouzafer and Darsney

Darsney and Haji Ali

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

Orders the slaughter of a chogo rabak

Serves him three cups of tea

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

Sunlight

Apricots

Malnutrition
11 How was Mortenson helping the villagers before he decided to build a school?
Using his training as a nurse

Working in the fields

Teaching the villagers English

Teaching the village children
12 Which of the following was NOT a problem with Korphe's school before Mortenson built them a new school?
There was no schoolhouse

The village could not afford a teacher

Pakistan's government did not provide a teacher

Children did not want to go to school
13 What does Greg Mortenson's father, "Dempsey," found in Tanzania?
Laboratory

Museum

Teaching hospital

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

Minnesota

California

Montana
15 Where does Mortenson serve with the U.S. Army?
Vietnam

Italy

Korea

Germany
16 What happened at the exact time Mortenson fell down Mount Sill?
He met his wife, Tara

Dempsey died

He met Mouzafer Ali

Christa died
17 To collect money to build the school at Korphe, Mortenson mailed how many letters?
580 letters

600 letters

1000 letters

50 letters
18 What does Kishwar Syed do when he learns about Mortenson's goal to build a school in Korphe?
Tells Mortenson that the project is impossible

Kicks him out of his shop

Donates the money Mortenson needs to build the school

Gives him free computer lessons to be able to type more letters
19 Who finally responds to one of Mortenson's letters?
Bernard Shaw

Oprah Winfrey

Tom Brokaw

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

Through Tom Brokaw

They met on K2

Hoerni received one of Mortenson's letters
21 Which of the following does Mortenson NOT sell to fund his trip to Pakistan?
Christa's bracelet

His book collection

His climbing gear

His car, La Bamba
22 What does Mortenson ask Manzoor to teach him?
How Muslims pray

How to build a bridge

How to make a shalwar

How to bargain
23 Which of the following is NOT a reason that China helped Pakistan construct the KKH?
To build an alliance against India

To contain the Soviet Union's influence and keep it out of Central Asia

To create easier access to a new market

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

Terrorism

Weather

Anti-Americanism
25 What is a common feature of weddings in Baltistan?
The bridge crying at being forced to leave her parents

The ceremonial slaughter of an ibex

A special form of bellydance

The women ululating

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

Wazir: a tribe that is loyal to neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan, they are Pashtuns. jjj Greg Mortenson is a mountain-climber whose failed ascent of K2 leads him into a small Pakistani village, where the locals help him recover. They are kind and...

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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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