View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "sabar" mean, as described in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?
(a) Virginity.
(b) War.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Patience.

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

3. What speech disorder did Malala's father struggle with when he was young?
(a) Apraxia.
(b) A lisp.
(c) Dysarthria.
(d) A stutter.

4. How many people in Pakistan lost their homes as a result of the earthquake described in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) About 1.3 million.
(c) About 3.5 million.
(d) About 2.5 million.

5. How many times per day does Malala say her mother prays in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born”?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

6. What landmark in Mingora became known as "Bloody Square" during the Taliban's occupation of the Swat District?
(a) Green Gardens.
(b) Green Square.
(c) Silver Lake.
(d) White Square.

7. Who was Ziauddin's friend from his village that worked as an electrician and gave Ziauddin money when he was in college?
(a) Sharafat Ali.
(b) Shabbaz Sharif.
(c) Abdul Rashid.
(d) Hidayatullah.

8. What does Malala describe as the class she struggled most with in school in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) World History.
(b) Literature.
(c) Biology.
(d) Mathematics.

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

10. Who wrote the poem about Nazi Germany that Ziauddin carried in his pocket, according to Malala in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Saidu Sharif.
(b) Isaac Hertz.
(c) Martin Niemöller.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi.

11. What was the name of the mufti that tried to shut down Ziauddin's school?
(a) Ghulamullah.
(b) Saeed Ramzan.
(c) Salman Rushdie.
(d) Akbar Khan.

12. During what years was Asif Zardari President of Pakistan?
(a) 1999-2003.
(b) 2003-2005.
(c) 2008-2013.
(d) 2009-2014.

13. What organization claimed responsibility for the shooting of Malala Yousafzai?
(a) Al-Qaeda.
(b) Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.
(c) The Taliban.
(d) Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami.

14. Malala says in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born” that her father named her after a folk heroine from what culture?
(a) The ancient Celts.
(b) The Mevlevi Order.
(c) The ancient Greeks.
(d) The Pashtun people.

15. What toy did Malala believe her friend Safina had stolen from her in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) A Barbie doll.
(b) A Cabbage Patch doll.
(c) A toy cell phone.
(d) A teddy bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became Ziauddin's mentor and lent him money so that he could attend college?

2. Who does Malala describe as "the Frontier Gandhi" that "introduced a non-violent philosophy to our culture" in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

3. On what date did Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan after nine years in exile?

4. About how many schools had been destroyed by the Taliban at the end of 2008?

5. What high school was bombed by a suicide bomber in Malala's town on February 28, 2008?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 497 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample