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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "badal" from Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You” translate to in English?

2. What does Malka-e-Noor's name mean in English?

3. 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"?

4. 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”?

5. What is the name of Malala's cousin that she shared a room with so that the cousin could attend school in Chapter 6: “Children of the Rubbish Mountain”?

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