<p> Three Cups of Tea By Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin</p><p>1. Why did Greg enlist in the Army? A. His family did not have the money to pay form college and the government would send him. Pg. 23</p><p>2. What did Greg plan to leave on K-2 in memory of Christa? A. An Amber necklace. Pg. 2</p><p>3. What was the name of the guide Greg met that he hired to carry his pack down the mountain? A. Mouzafer. Pg. 4</p><p>4. What made Greg decide to go back to Korphe and build a school? A. The students only had a teacher 2 days a week and they would scratch their multiplication tables in the dirt with a stick. Pg. 17</p><p>5. What was Greg’s occupation? A. Emergency room nurse. Pg. 16</p><p>6. How did Greg and the villagers get across the gorge to Korphe? A. In a box suspended from a cable over the river. Pg. 41</p><p>7.Why did Haji Ali not let Greg build the school he first came with the supplies? A. He said they needed a bridge before they needed a school. Pg. 49</p><p>8.What did Greg do in Haji Ali’s house that surprised his wife Sakina? B. He walked in her kitchen. Pg. 49</p><p>9. Why was it surprising that Greg walked into Sakina’s kitchen? A. Normally only the women in the house do any work in the kitchen. Pg. 50</p><p>10. What is a tomar and why is it given to every child when they are born? A. It is a small round woven medallion or bedge or courage. It is meant to keep away evil spirits. Pg. 52</p><p>11. Where did Greg meet is wife Tara? A. At the American Himalayan Foundation dinner to honor Sir Edmund Hillary. Pg. 63</p><p>12. Who was Sir Edmund Hillary? (What was he famous for?) A. He was part of the first team to climb Mt. Everest. Pg. 61</p><p>13. Why is 3 cups of tea important? A. The third time you share a cup of tea with a Balti you become family and the Balti are prepared to do anything for their family, even die. Pg. 79</p><p>14. What did Haj Mehdi demand from Haj Ali so that they could keep their school? A. 12 of their largest rams. Pg. 81</p><p>15. Why was Greg’s benefactor, Jean Hoerni so anxious to see a picture of the completed Korphi school? A. He had leukemia and may have only had a few months to live. Pg. 93</p><p>16. In addition to school what did the religious leader Syed Abbas Risvi say was also important to the children? A. Clean water pg. 101</p><p>17. What region were India & Pakistan fighting over? Kashmir. Pg. 107.</p><p>18. Who was one of Greg’s heroes? A. Mother Teresa. Pg. 117.</p><p>19. What was the name of the leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda? A. Osama bin Laden pg. 84</p><p>20. What country had Al Qaeda decided to use as its home base? A. Afghanistan. Pg 84</p><p>21. What is the name of the organization founded by Greg to build schools? A. Central Asia Institute or CAI.</p><p>22. What 2 places were hit during the terrorist attacks on September 11? A. The World Trade Center in NYC and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C,. pg. 124</p><p>23. What are the 3 core tenets of Islam? A. Justice, tolerance, charity. Pg 126</p><p>24. What was the name of the magazine that published Greg’s story? A. Parade. Pg. 142</p><p>25. How were people warned that land mines had been found in the area? A. The rocks were painted red. Pg . 149 26. What did Amira Mortenson do with her brother Kyber right after he was born? A. She took him to show and tell at preschool. Pg. 158 </p>