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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Chapters 23 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American young adult series does Malala describe reading with her friend Moniba in Chapter 9: “Radio Mullah”?
(a) Twilight.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) The Babysitter Club.
(d) Hunger Games.

2. In what year was the nation of Pakistan created?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1911.

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

4. Where did Malala's family get through the mountain pass and leave the Swat Valley behind them in Chapter 15: “Leaving the Valley”?
(a) Gulkada.
(b) Malakand.
(c) Jamia Hafsa.
(d) Mingora.

5. 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) Abdul Rashid.
(b) Faiz Mohammad.
(c) Usman Bhai Jan.
(d) Saeed Ramzan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who oversaw Malala's transfer to an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Chapter 22: "Journey into the Unknown"?

2. Who was Malala's teacher that came to school hysterical over a dream she'd had about Malala in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

3. What is the name of the festival celebrated yearly to commemorate the killing of the Prophet’s grandson Hussein Ibn Ali?

4. What was the first school blown up by the Taliban that Malala describes in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

5. What mountain does Malala describe in Chapter 15: “Leaving the Valley” as "where Alexander the Great had reached up and touched Jupiter"?

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