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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first school blown up by the Taliban that Malala describes in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Salman Taseer.
(b) Shawar Zangay.
(c) Faiz Mohammad.
(d) Usman Bhai Jan.

3. 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) One half.
(b) Three fourths.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One third.

4. When did General Musharraf seize power of Pakistan through a military coup d'etat?
(a) 1985.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1999.

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

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the village where Malala Yousafzai born?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Shangla.
(c) Mingora.
(d) Gulkada.

10. What does the word "Eid" translate to from Arabic?
(a) Woman.
(b) Priest.
(c) Child.
(d) Festival.

11. What was the Richter Scale ranking of the earthquake that destroyed Malala's region in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?
(a) 7.3.
(b) 6.7.
(c) 7.6.
(d) 5.9.

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

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

14. Who was Malala's kindergarten teacher?
(a) Miss Jajai.
(b) Miss Ulfat.
(c) Miss Shazia.
(d) Miss Hammeda.

15. Who was Ziauddin's former college rival that became a journalist in Islamabad and organized a conference on the Taliban situation in Swat?
(a) Akbar Khan.
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
(c) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.
(d) Azaday Khan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the dancer Shabana live in Mingora?

2. What is the national language of Pakistan?

3. How many people were killed in the blast at a high school in Malala's hometown on February 28, 2008?

4. What is the name of Malala's teacher whose husband had been killed by the Taliban while working as a police officer in Matta in Chapter 10: "Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat”?

5. Who wrote the speech that Malala's father used in the speech contest that he won as a young man in Chapter 2: “My Father the Falcon”?

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