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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 13 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malala say the population of Pakistan is today in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?
(a) 180 million.
(b) 80 million.
(c) 120 million.
(d) 100 million.

2. What word does Malala use in Chapter 4: “The Village” to refer to her culture's evening prayers?
(a) Purdah.
(b) Makkam.
(c) Mohajirs.
(d) Shayatin.

3. Where did Anne Frank's family hide in an attic during Nazi occupation?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. Where was Osama bin Laden living when the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center occurred?
(a) Jamia Hafsa.
(b) Lahore.
(c) Spal Bandi.
(d) Kandahar.

5. Who was the local cleric in Ziauddin's home village that died as a result of the earthquake in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
(b) Maulana Khadim.
(c) Saidu Sharif.
(d) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Malala's kindergarten teacher?

2. What organization for equal rights for Pashtuns did Ziauddin become general secretary of while he was in college?

3. Who was Ziauddin's friend from his village that worked as an electrician and gave Ziauddin money when he was in college?

4. What is the name of the festival celebrated yearly to commemorate the killing of the Prophet’s grandson Hussein Ibn Ali?

5. Who was the philanthropist that Ziauddin got to pay for him to produce leaflets about educating the poor in Chapter 6: “Children of the Rubbish Mountain”?

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