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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization for equal rights for Pashtuns did Ziauddin become general secretary of while he was in college?
(a) The Pakhtoon Students Federation.
(b) The Vital Voices Organization.
(c) The Bengali Students Equality Forum.
(d) The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

2. What are the names of Malala's younger brothers?
(a) Khushal and Atal.
(b) Akbar and Shaheen.
(c) Khanjee and Faiz.
(d) Ziauddin and Atal.

3. Where was Osama bin Laden living when the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center occurred?
(a) Kandahar.
(b) Spal Bandi.
(c) Jamia Hafsa.
(d) Lahore.

4. Who is quoted in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You” as having said, "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes"?
(a) Major General Ghulam Qamar.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Faiz Mohammad.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi.

5. Where did Ziauddin live with Nasir Pacha and his wife in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Gulkada.
(c) Abbottabad.
(d) Jamia Hafsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What years comprised the Soviet War in Afghanistan?

2. How many times does Malala say her family moved by the time she was thirteen in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?

3. How old was Malala's mother when she began school (and also when she quit)?

4. What percentage of Pakistanis are Muslim today, according to Malala in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?

5. Who wrote the letter that Ziauddin kept framed outside of his office, according to Malala in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

(see the answer key)

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