Three Cups of Tea Quizzes

Three Cups of Tea Quiz 1

1 Which mountain does Mortenson climb in Chapter 1?
Lhotse

Mt. Everest

K2

Mt. Kilimanjaro
2 Why does Greg Mortenson climb K2?
To find villages that need new schools

As a nurse to take care of other climbers

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

78 days

6 hours

24 hours
4 From where did the Balti people migrate to Pakistan?
Afghanistan

India

Tibet

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

Skardu

Korphe

Askole
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 used to live in Korphe

He was a crook

He was a famous mountaineer before he became a porter
8 Who goes with Mortenson back to Skardu?
Mouzafer and Darsney

Darsney and Haji Ali

Haji Ali and Sakina

Mouzafer and Haji Ali
9 What does the nurmadhar do when he notices Mortenson is still too thin?
Orders the slaughter of a chogo rabak

Grows more apricot trees

Serves him three cups of tea

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

Apricots

Malnutrition

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

Using his training as a nurse

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

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?
Teaching hospital

University

Laboratory

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

Minnesota

Montana

Wisconsin
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

Christa died

He met his wife, Tara

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

580 letters

600 letters

1000 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

Donates the money Mortenson needs to build the school

Kicks him out of his shop

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

Oprah Winfrey

Bernard Shaw

Tom Brokaw
20 How does Dr. Jean Hoerni hear about Mortenson's project?
Through Tom Brokaw

Hoerni received one of Mortenson's letters

Tom Vaughan's item in the AHF national newsletter

They met on K2
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 make a shalwar

How to build a bridge

How to bargain

How Muslims pray
23 Which of the following is NOT a reason that China helped Pakistan construct the KKH?
To repay Pakistan for its allegiance

To create easier access to a new market

To build an alliance against India

To contain the Soviet Union's influence and keep it out of Central Asia
24 What does Mortenson feel most endangered by in Pakistan?
Anti-Americanism

Weather

Terrorism

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

The ceremonial slaughter of an ibex

The women ululating

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?

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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