Three Cups of Tea Quizzes

Three Cups of Tea Quiz 1

1 Which mountain does Mortenson climb in Chapter 1?
K2

Lhotse

Mt. Everest

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

To visit his childhood home

As a nurse to take care of other climbers

To honor the memory of his late sister, Christa
3 How long does the rescue mission of Fine take?
78 days

6 hours

78 hours

24 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

Skardu

Islamabad

Korphe
6 What type of quilt does Haji Ali give Mortenson on his first night in Korphe?
Thick maroon silk

Thin wool

Patchwork quilt

Cotton
7 Why was Mouzafer so well-known in the Karakoram?
He used to live in Korphe

He was a crook

He was one of the most talented porters in the region

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

Mouzafer and Haji Ali

Haji Ali and Sakina

Darsney 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?
Genetics

Sunlight

Apricots

Malnutrition
11 How was Mortenson helping the villagers before he decided to build a school?
Teaching the villagers English

Using his training as a nurse

Working in the fields

Teaching the village children
12 Which of the following was NOT a problem with Korphe's school before Mortenson built them a new school?
The village could not afford a teacher

Pakistan's government did not provide a teacher

Children did not want to go to school

There was no schoolhouse
13 What does Greg Mortenson's father, "Dempsey," found in Tanzania?
Museum

University

Teaching hospital

Laboratory
14 After fourteen years in Africa, where do the Mortensons return to?
Montana

Minnesota

California

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

Germany

Italy

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

Christa died

Dempsey died

He met his wife, Tara
17 To collect money to build the school at Korphe, Mortenson mailed how many letters?
1000 letters

580 letters

50 letters

600 letters
18 What does Kishwar Syed do when he learns about Mortenson's goal to build a school in Korphe?
Donates the money Mortenson needs to build the school

Tells Mortenson that the project is impossible

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?
Bernard Shaw

Tom Brokaw

Oprah Winfrey

Susan Sarandon
20 How does Dr. Jean Hoerni hear about Mortenson's project?
Hoerni received one of Mortenson's letters

Through Tom Brokaw

They met on K2

Tom Vaughan's item in the AHF national newsletter
21 Which of the following does Mortenson NOT sell to fund his trip to Pakistan?
Christa's bracelet

His car, La Bamba

His book collection

His climbing gear
22 What does Mortenson ask Manzoor to teach him?
How to make a shalwar

How to bargain

How Muslims pray

How to build a bridge
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?
Terrorism

Roads

Anti-Americanism

Weather
25 What is a common feature of weddings in Baltistan?
The ceremonial slaughter of an ibex

The women ululating

The bridge crying at being forced to leave her parents

A special form of bellydance

That is because he showed Abdul a green nylon sock filled with hundred dollar bills. He had enough money to build a school. Abdul says that tomorrow they will bargain for all the resources needed to build the school.

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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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Three Cups of Tea

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