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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed as a result of the earthquake described by Malala in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 110,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 73,000.

2. 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?
(a) Family.
(b) Love.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Revenge.

3. How many times per day does Malala say her mother prays in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born”?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What is the title of Part II of I Am Malala?
(a) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(b) The Valley of Death.
(c) Between Life and Death.
(d) I Am Afraid.

5. Who was the president of the Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba group when Ziauddin was in college?
(a) Faiz Mohammad.
(b) Sher Mohammad Baba.
(c) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(d) Abdul Hai Kakar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Malala's best friend and academic rival that she describes as being constantly on guard, fearful that her brothers would find her guilty of some infraction and make her stop attending school?

2. Malala says in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born” that her father named her after a folk heroine from what culture?

3. What percentage of Pakistanis are Muslim today, according to Malala in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?

4. What did Malala's father believe to be the root of all of Pakistan's problems, according to Malala in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?

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"?

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