I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Malala Yousafzai
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Malala Yousafzai
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What years comprised the Soviet War in Afghanistan?
(a) 1981-1988.
(b) 1965-1972.
(c) 1989-1992.
(d) 1979-1989.

2. 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 Ulfat.
(b) Madam Maryam.
(c) Miss Shazia.
(d) Miss Hammeda.

3. Who wrote the letter that Ziauddin kept framed outside of his office, according to Malala in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Major General Ghulam Qamar.

4. Who does Malala describe as "the Frontier Gandhi" that "introduced a non-violent philosophy to our culture" in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) Sher Mohammad Baba.
(b) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(c) Saeed Ramzan.
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

5. What does Malala say she wanted to be while all her friends wanted to be doctors in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) A politician.
(b) An actress.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An inventor.

6. What is the national language of Pakistan?
(a) Bengali.
(b) English.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Urdu.

7. Who was the leader of the Taliban fighters that moved into the Swat Valley in Chapter 9: “Radio Mullah”?
(a) Hidayatullah.
(b) Maulana Khadim.
(c) Shabbaz Sharif.
(d) Maulana Fazlullah.

8. Where did Sher Zaman take work when he did not attend college, according to Malala in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) The village pharmacy.
(b) The village butcher shop.
(c) The British Army.
(d) The village mosque.

9. How many people in Pakistan lost their homes as a result of the earthquake described in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) About 1.3 million.
(b) About 2.5 million.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) About 3.5 million.

10. What Shakespearean play did Malala write a sketch about based on corruption in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Hamlet.

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

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

13. What landmark in Mingora became known as "Bloody Square" during the Taliban's occupation of the Swat District?
(a) Green Gardens.
(b) White Square.
(c) Silver Lake.
(d) Green Square.

14. Who wrote The Satanic Verses?
(a) Akbar Khan.
(b) Paullo Coelho.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

15. What was the name of the mufti that tried to shut down Ziauddin's school?
(a) Ghulamullah.
(b) Saeed Ramzan.
(c) Akbar Khan.
(d) Salman Rushdie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Malala's mother?

4. What organization for equal rights for Pashtuns did Ziauddin become general secretary of while he was in college?

5. What is the word that Malala's people use to describe hashish?

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