Short Quiz

[johnkarls]

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SHORT QUIZ - STONES INTO SCHOOLS

1. Who said - "This week I watched Greg Mortenson, the famed author of 'Three Cups of Tea,' open one of his schools for girls in a remote Afghan village in the Hindu Kush mountains. I must say, after witnessing the delight in the faces of those little Afghan girls crowded three to a desk waiting to learn, I found it very hard to write, 'Let's just get out of here'"?

2. Who said - "What Greg understands better than most - and what he practices more than anyone else I know - is the simple truth that all of us are better off when all of us have the opportunity to learn, especially our children. By helping them learn and grow, he's shaping the very future of a region and giving hope to an entire generation"?

3. Who is constantly saying - "If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community"? Where does the quotation come from originally?

4. As of our August 2009 meeting focusing on "Three Cups of Tea," how many of Mortenson's schools were in operation? How many are in operation today?

5. How many schools, primarily for girls, does Mortenson claim were bombed, burned or shut down by Al Qaeda and the Taliban in 2007-2008?

6. What is the meaning of "Three Cups of Tea" - the title of Greg Mortenson's original book?

7. How has Greg Mortenson been able two survive opposition from angry Islamic clerics for educating girls, including two fatwas to assassinate him?

8. How much does it cost/month for each child's education in one of Greg Mortenson's schools in the mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border?

9. What was the original sub-title of "Three Cups of Tea" dictated by Penguin books? What was the sub-title Mortenson was able to persuade the publisher to substitute for the paper-back version?

10. What is Mortenson's attitude toward the Taliban? Toward ordinary Afghans? Toward the American military?