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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magical object did the character Sanju have on Malala's favorite childhood television show?
(a) A magic stove.
(b) A magic brush.
(c) A magic carpet.
(d) A magic pencil.

2. In what year was Sufi Mohammad imprisoned in a round-up of militant leaders?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2002.

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

4. Under General Zia's Presidency in Pakistan, how much weight were judges supposed to give to a woman's testimony compared to the testimony of a man?
(a) Three fourths.
(b) One half.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One third.

5. Where was Osama bin Laden living when the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center occurred?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Jamia Hafsa.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Lahore.

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

7. How does Malala define the term "mufti" in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?
(a) A female midwife.
(b) A governmental inspector.
(c) A secular student.
(d) An Islamic scholar and authority on Islamic law.

8. 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) 25,000.
(c) 110,000.
(d) 73,000.

9. What does Malka-e-Noor's name mean in English?
(a) Cornflower.
(b) Queen of Light.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Rose petal.

10. 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) Shabbaz Sharif.
(c) Hidayatullah.
(d) Abdul Rashid.

11. Where did Ziauddin live with Nasir Pacha and his wife in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Gulkada.
(b) Jamia Hafsa.
(c) Spal Bandi.
(d) Abbottabad.

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

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

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

15. 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) Miss Hammeda.
(c) Miss Shazia.
(d) Madam Maryam.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan after nine years in exile?

2. What does Malala say she wanted to be while all her friends wanted to be doctors in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

3. Who wrote the poem about Nazi Germany that Ziauddin carried in his pocket, according to Malala in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

4. On what date did the Taliban in Pakistan succeed in blowing the face off of the Jehanabad Buddha?

5. Who was accused of being part of a plot to blow up Musharraf ’s convoy in Rawalpindi in December 2003?

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