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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Malala's younger brothers?
(a) Khushal and Atal.
(b) Ziauddin and Atal.
(c) Akbar and Shaheen.
(d) Khanjee and Faiz.

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

3. What organization for equal rights for Pashtuns did Ziauddin become general secretary of while he was in college?
(a) The Pakhtoon Students Federation.
(b) The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
(c) The Vital Voices Organization.
(d) The Bengali Students Equality Forum.

4. What was the name of Nasir Pacha's wife in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Aneesa.
(b) Jajai.
(c) Ayesha.
(d) Moniba.

5. Who became Ziauddin's mentor and lent him money so that he could attend college?
(a) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(b) Saeed Ramzan.
(c) Akbar Khan.
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "Eid" translate to from Arabic?

2. On what day of a newborn child's life does the family traditionally celebrate in Malala's culture?

3. Who wrote the speech that Malala's father used in the speech contest that he won as a young man in Chapter 2: “My Father the Falcon”?

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

5. Who wrote The Satanic Verses?

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