Three+Cups+of+Tea

1. Why does Mortenson learn the Muslim way of prayer? He wants to understand the culture better

2. Why is Mortenson first attracted to Korphe? He admires the integrity and values of the people

3. What is Mortenson’s most important reason for climbing K2? Honoring the memory of his sister

4. What mistake led to Mortenson’s kidnapping in Waziristan? He went into unknown territory without the protection of a village chief

5. After learning that a bridge must be built in Korphe before constructing the school, Mortenson is very depressed. What finally raises his spirits? He receives an encouraging call from a climber he admires

6. Sir Edmund Hillary, one of Mortenson’s heroes, is famous for what accomplishment? He was the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest

7. Mortenson attends a prayer service and later meets Syed Abbas in which type of establishment? A gas station 8. Who helps get the first //fatwa// against Mortenson removed? Syed Abbas

9. When the Korphe Women’s Vocational Center opens, what type of equipment does it provide? Sewing machines

10. How is the school built in Hushe different from the other CAI schools? It is decorated with colorful woodwork

11. Why is Mortenson called “Dr. Greg” in Pakistan? He got the nickname when he used his first aid kit to treat Korphe villagers

12. How do Mortenson and Tara Bishop meet? She approaches him at the American Himalayan Foundation dinner

13. How does Haji explain his decision to give up twelve of the village’s valuable rams? The rams would live for only a little while, but the school will provide education for a long time

14. How is Mortenson different from most Westerners, according to Twaha? He does not mind living simply

15. Why does Mortenson decide the CAI should focus on providing education through the first five grades? Focusing on the early grades will increase the enrollment of girls

16. What does Mortenson do to help people in the Skardu refugee camp? Builds an uplift water system

17. Why does Jahan interrupt the meeting in Korphe? To ask Mortenson about her tuition for medical school

18. Where does Mortenson go to learn more about education for girls? Bangladesh

19. What two groups fought in the Kargil Conflict? The armies of India and Pakistan

20. What is a //madrassa//? A religious school

21. What surprises Mortenson when he is introduced to Donald Rumsfeld? He is not invited to sit down

22. What precious commodity do the widows of Kuardu send to the widows of New York? Eggs

23. What does Kathy Gannon think about the “media circus” at the Marriot after 9/11? She believes most of the reporters know little about the region and its issues

24. Why was Kevin Fedarko traveling with Mortenson in Pakistan? He was writing a story for //Outside// Magazine about war at high altitudes

25. Why does Mortenson go to Sadhar Khan’s territory? To fulfill his promise to the Kirghiz horsemen

26. Why did Americans send Greg hate mail? Greg was still in pakastan after 911

27. Why did Greg need to build a bridge before he could build the school? Greg needed to build a bridge before he built a school, because the terrain was difficult to cross and navigate.

28. what Langue is Greg fluent in? Swahili 29. Which family memeber died in the book? Greg's sister died because she suffered from seizers

30. What is Mortenson's next big goal? To build schools in afghan

31. What was and is continually though the book the average cost to build a school? $12,000

32. What year was Greg kidnapped?

1996

33. What French scientist donated $12000 for the Korphe school and more in later years? Jean Hoerni