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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 19 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Malala's cousin that she shared a room with so that the cousin could attend school in Chapter 6: “Children of the Rubbish Mountain”?
(a) Asia Bibi.
(b) Ayesha.
(c) Aneesa.
(d) Moniba.

2. Who decided he would rather stay home with Malala when the boys' schools reopened in Chapter 14: “A Funny Kind of Peace”?
(a) Khushal.
(b) Khanjee.
(c) Afzal.
(d) Jajai.

3. At what age are girls considered to be adults in Islam?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

4. What does the word "Eid" translate to from Arabic?
(a) Festival.
(b) Child.
(c) Woman.
(d) Priest.

5. The television correspondent Mehboob that called Ziauddin in Chapter 19: “A Private Talibanization” was the nephew of whom?
(a) Zahid Khan.
(b) Akbar Khan.
(c) Azaday Khan.
(d) Saeed Ramzan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Malala's brothers does she refer to as "the chatterbox" in Chapter 16: “The Valley of Sorrows”?

2. Malala says in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born” that her father named her after a folk heroine from what culture?

3. What were the Muslim refugees from India called in Karachi, according to Malala in Chapter 18: “The Woman and the Sea”?

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

5. What is the Pashtun word for "falcon" that Malala's father used for a time as his last name?

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