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

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

3. What was the name of Ziauddin's older brother who worked for years as a teacher at a local school in the village in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Saeed Ramzan.
(b) Abdul Rashid.
(c) Usman Bhai Jan.
(d) Faiz Mohammad.

4. What does the word "Eid" translate to from Arabic?
(a) Priest.
(b) Woman.
(c) Child.
(d) Festival.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the school that Ziauddin founded?

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

3. Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan?

4. Who was the president of the Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba group when Ziauddin was in college?

5. Under General Zia's Presidency in Pakistan, how much weight were judges supposed to give to a woman's testimony compared to the testimony of a man?

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