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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 15 - Part III: Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Malala's mother?
(a) Tor Pekai.
(b) Shazia.
(c) Benazir Bhutto.
(d) Jajai.

2. What is the Pashtun word for "falcon" that Malala's father used for a time as his last name?
(a) Sharia.
(b) Shaheen.
(c) Shayatin.
(d) Makkam.

3. Who was Fazlullah's spokesman that the Pakistan army claimed to have in custody in Chapter 16: “The Valley of Sorrows”?
(a) Azaday Khan.
(b) Muslim Khan.
(c) Ghulamullah.
(d) Sharafat Ali.

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

5. Who was Malala's headmistress at school that told the students not to listen to the Radio Mullah in Chapter 9: “Radio Mullah”?
(a) Miss Hammeda.
(b) Miss Shazia.
(c) Miss Ulfat.
(d) Madam Maryam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Osama bin Laden living when the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center occurred?

2. About how many schools had been destroyed by the Taliban at the end of 2008?

3. 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”?

4. What was the Richter Scale ranking of the earthquake that destroyed Malala's region in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?

5. What are the names of Malala's younger brothers?

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