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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What toy did Malala believe her friend Safina had stolen from her in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A Barbie doll.
(c) A Cabbage Patch doll.
(d) A toy cell phone.

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

4. What does Malala describe as the class she struggled most with in school in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Literature.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) World History.
(d) Biology.

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

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

7. What is the name of Malala's father?
(a) Shabbaz.
(b) Maulana.
(c) Ziauddin.
(d) Sharafat.

8. Who was accused of being part of a plot to blow up Musharraf ’s convoy in Rawalpindi in December 2003?
(a) Abdul Rashid.
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
(c) Akbar Khan.
(d) Saeed Ramzan.

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

10. 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”?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
(b) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(c) Maulana Khadim.
(d) Saidu Sharif.

11. How many times does Malala say her family moved by the time she was thirteen in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

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 Greeks.
(b) The Pashtun people.
(c) The Mevlevi Order.
(d) The ancient Celts.

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

14. Who was Ziauddin's friend from his village that worked as an electrician and gave Ziauddin money when he was in college?
(a) Sharafat Ali.
(b) Hidayatullah.
(c) Shabbaz Sharif.
(d) Abdul Rashid.

15. On what date did Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan after nine years in exile?
(a) January, 3, 2009.
(b) October 18, 2007.
(c) October 8, 2005.
(d) October 16, 2012.

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. Who was Malala's chemistry teacher in high school in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

3. What two denominations comprise Islam?

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

5. 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”?

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