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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 15 - Part III: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two denominations comprise Islam?
(a) Shaktis and Devis.
(b) Sunnis and Shias.
(c) Serbs and Croats.
(d) Shaivists and Vaishnavists.

2. What does Malala say she wanted to be while all her friends wanted to be doctors in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) An inventor.
(b) An actress.
(c) A politician.
(d) A lawyer.

3. Who wrote The Satanic Verses?
(a) Paullo Coelho.
(b) Akbar Khan.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

4. In what year was the nation of Pakistan created?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1911.

5. When was the dancer Shabana killed by the Taliban?
(a) September, 2008.
(b) January, 2009.
(c) May, 2009.
(d) June, 2009.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Malala's mother?

2. Who is the author of The Alchemist?

3. What was the title of Malala's first blog entry for the BBC as Gul Makai?

4. Who was the president of the Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba group when Ziauddin was in college?

5. What does Malala describe as the only valuable possessions her family owned when they left Swat Valley in Chapter 15: “Leaving the Valley”?

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