Suggested Answers to Short Quiz

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SHORT-QUIZ (“true-false” in honor of the vacation season)

STATEMENT NO. 1

“Three Cups of Tea” was a long-time NY Times bestseller.

ANSWER NO. 1

True

STATEMENT NO. 2

“Three Cups of Tea” was explained in 1993 by Haji Ali (Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan) to our author, Greg Mortenson, when he stumbled into the impoverished village after a failed attempt to climb K2 – “Here (in the mountain region spanning the Pakistan-Afghanistan border), we drink three cups of tea to do business – the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything, even to die.”

ANSWER NO. 2

True

STATEMENT NO. 3

Although Greg Mortenson lives most of the year with his wife, Dr. Tara Bishop (a clinical psychologist), and their two children in Montana (during which he devotes a lot of time to fund raising), he returns to Pakistan-Afghanistan for several months each year to build schools.

Tara Bishop’s father, a famed geographer and glaciologist, was a National Geographic editor (and the photographer of the famed 1963 American Mount Everest expedition).

ANSWER NO. 3

True

STATEMENT NO. 4

As of 2009, Greg Mortenson had established and continues to operate 81 new schools (including 15 in Afghanistan) – especially for girls.

ANSWER NO. 4

True

STATEMENT NO. 5

“Three Cups of Tea” is required reading for all senior U.S. military commanders, for all U.S. officers (regardless of rank) in counter-insurgency training, and for all U.S. Special Forces (including non-officer ranks) deploying to Afghanistan.

ANSWER NO. 5

True

STATEMENT NO. 6

“Three Cups of Tea” has been a freshman, honors, or campus-wide required reading selection in over 80 universities and hundreds of high schools.

ANSWER NO. 6

True

STATEMENT NO. 7

It is published in more than 31 countries.

ANSWER NO. 7

True

STATEMENT NO. 8

In March 2009, Pakistan’s government presented Greg Mortenson with its highest civilian award, the “Sitara-e-Pakistan” (Star of Pakistan).

ANSWER NO. 8

True

STATEMENT NO. 9

Greg Mortenson has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

ANSWER NO. 9

Not Yet!!! -- This was a trick question to see whether you’re awake!!!

STATEMENT NO. 10

If you want to make a tax-deductible contribution to “promote education and literacy, especially for girls” in Pakistan-Afghanistan –

(1) Greg estimates that it only costs $1.00 PER MONTH for each child’s education, and

(2) his non-profit = Central Asia Institute, PO Box 7209, Bozeman, MT 59771 – 1-406-585-7841 – http://www.ikat.org.

ANSWER NO. 10

True

STATEMENT NO. 11

Born in 1957, Greg Mortenson spent the first 15 years of his life on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania where his father was a missionary and the founder and development director of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Tanzania’s first teaching hospital, and his mother, Dr. Jerene Mortenson, founded the International School Moshi.

ANSWER NO. 11

True

STATEMENT NO. 12

Greg Mortenson was unsuccessful in scaling K2 (the world’s second-highest mountain but, according to mountaineers, much more difficult to climb than Mount Everest) because he and 3 comrades had to spend 75 hours rescuing and saving the life of their 5th comrade.

ANSWER NO. 12

True

STATEMENT NO. 13

After the rescue, weak and exhausted, Mortenson left the others and set out with only one porter for the nearest city, took a wrong turn, and wound up in Korphe, the village described above, where he was cared for by the villagers until he recovered.

ANSWER NO. 13

True

STATEMENT NO. 14

His emphasis on education for girls was sparked by Jean Hoerni, a Silicon Valley pioneer, who gave him his first significant contribution.

ANSWER NO. 14

True

STATEMENT NO. 15

Mortenson believes that education and literacy for girls globally is the most important investment all countries can make to create stability, bring socio-economic reform, decrease infant mortality, decrease the population explosion, and improve health, hygiene, and sanitation standards globally. Mortenson believes that 'fighting terrorism' only perpetuates a cycle of violence, and that there should be a global priority to 'promote peace' through education and literacy, with an emphasis on girls' education. "You can drop bombs, hand out condoms, build roads or put in electricity, but unless the girls are educated, a society won't change", is an often quoted statement made by Mortenson.

ANSWER NO. 15

True

STATEMENT NO. 16

Because of community 'buy-in', which involves getting villages to donate free land, subsidized or free labor ('sweat equity'), free wood and resources, the schools have local support and have been able to avert retribution by the Taliban or other groups opposed to girls' education.

ANSWER NO. 16

True

STATEMENT NO. 17

However, Greg Mortenson survived an 8-day armed kidnapping and (so far) 2 fatwas by angry Islamic clerics for educating girls.

In addition, he has received hate mail and threats from fellow Americans for educating Muslim children.

ANSWER NO. 17

True

STATEMENT NO. 18

Viking will soon publish “Stones Into Schools” which will continue Greg Mortenson’s first-person narrative on his efforts – including his extensive work in the tribal areas of Pakistan following the massive 2005 earthquake.

ANSWER NO. 18

True