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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain does Malala describe in Chapter 15: “Leaving the Valley” as "where Alexander the Great had reached up and touched Jupiter"?
(a) Mount Shangla.
(b) Mount Shasta.
(c) Mount Elum.
(d) Mount Lahore.

2. Who was the British foreign minister that visited Malala in the hospital in Chapter 24: “They Have Snatched Her Smile”?
(a) Adam Ellick.
(b) Martin Niemöller.
(c) William Hague.
(d) Paullo Coelho.

3. What word does Malala use in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?” to describe "devils"?
(a) Purdah.
(b) Shayatin.
(c) Mohajirs.
(d) Makkam.

4. What is the title of Part III of Malala's autobiography?
(a) I Am Afraid.
(b) The Valley of Death.
(c) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(d) Between Life and Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Malala's teacher that came to school hysterical over a dream she'd had about Malala in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

2. Where did Raymond Davis shoot and kill two men who had approached his car on a motorbike in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?

3. Where did the van driver take Malala and the other girls after they'd been shot in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”?

4. Who was the head of military operations in Swat that visited Ziauddin and reported on Malala's condition in Chapter 23: “The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham”?

5. Who was the school assistant that announced when the bus arrived to take Malala and the other students home from school in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of American or European culture does Malala describe as having influenced her in Chapter 13: “The Diary of Gul Makai”?

2. Where was Malala taken after she was shot in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”? How did Ziauddin learn of the shooting?

3. When did Malala's family first discover a public threat on Malala's life in Chapter 18: “The Woman and the Sea”?

4. How does Malala describe "Beyond the Call of Duty" in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?

5. Why was Malala unaccompanied by her brother when she was shot in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

6. What secret was Malala forced to keep in Chapter 13: “The Diary of Gul Makai”? Why?

7. What incident led to the controversy surrounding Ziauddin's school in Chapter 19: “A Private Talibanization”?

8. How did the people of Malala's village explain the monsoons and their destruction in Chapter 16: “The Valley of Sorrows”?

9. When did Malala awaken from the medically induced coma she was placed in, in Chapter 23: “The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham”? What were Malala's impressions when she awoke?

10. How did Malala's father respond when he discovered Malala's life was threatened in Chapter 18: “The Woman and the Sea”? How did Malala respond?

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