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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 17 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Major General Ghulam Qamar.

2. Where was Khushal attending school in Chapter 18: “The Woman and the Sea”?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Abbottabad.
(c) Spal Bandi.
(d) Mingora.

3. Who was Ziauddin's former college rival that became a journalist in Islamabad and organized a conference on the Taliban situation in Swat?
(a) Akbar Khan.
(b) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(c) Azaday Khan.
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

4. What Shakespearean play did Malala write a sketch about based on corruption in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. 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) Mahatma Gandhi.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Faiz Mohammad.
(d) Major General Ghulam Qamar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the dancer Shabana killed by the Taliban?

2. Where did the dancer Shabana live in Mingora?

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

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

5. What was the first school blown up by the Taliban that Malala describes in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

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