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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Malala says that her ancestors arrived in Swat in what century in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born”?
(a) The twelfth century.
(b) The seventeenth century.
(c) The thirteenth century.
(d) The fifteenth century.

3. How many times per day does Malala say her mother prays in Chapter 1: “A Daughter is Born”?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. What is the word that Malala's people use to describe hashish?
(a) Badal.
(b) Chars.
(c) Makkam.
(d) Purdah.

5. What two denominations comprise Islam?
(a) Sunnis and Shias.
(b) Shaivists and Vaishnavists.
(c) Shaktis and Devis.
(d) Serbs and Croats.

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

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

8. Where were the women of the "Burqa Brigade" from, according to Malala in Chapter 10: "Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat”?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Jamia Hafsa.
(c) Malakand.
(d) Gulkada.

9. During what years was General Zia President of Pakistan?
(a) 1976-1980.
(b) 1989-1992.
(c) 1978-1988.
(d) 1967-1981.

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

11. 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) Maulana Khadim.
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
(c) Saidu Sharif.
(d) Ihsan ul-Haq Haqqani.

12. During what years was Asif Zardari President of Pakistan?
(a) 2003-2005.
(b) 1999-2003.
(c) 2009-2014.
(d) 2008-2013.

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

14. 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.

15. On what day of a newborn child's life does the family traditionally celebrate in Malala's culture?
(a) The fifth day.
(b) The second day.
(c) The seventh day.
(d) The third day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Malala's cousin that she shared a room with so that the cousin could attend school in Chapter 6: “Children of the Rubbish Mountain”?

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

3. What is the title of Part II of I Am Malala?

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?

5. Where did the dancer Shabana live in Mingora?

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