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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountain does Malala describe in Chapter 15: “Leaving the Valley” as "where Alexander the Great had reached up and touched Jupiter"?
(a) Mount Elum.
(b) Mount Lahore.
(c) Mount Shasta.
(d) Mount Shangla.

2. Where in England was Malala transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Chapter 22: "Journey into the Unknown"?
(a) London.
(b) Glasgow.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Liverpool.

3. How much money did the Americans give as "blood money" for the civilians that Raymond Davis shot, according to Malala in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?
(a) $5.3 million.
(b) $4.5 million.
(c) $2.3 million.
(d) $1.6 million.

4. Who submitted Malala's name for consideration for the international peace price of KidsRights in 2011?
(a) President Barack Obama.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi.
(c) Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
(d) Norman Mailer.

5. What Pakistani television series does Malala describe the people of her country being obsessed with in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?
(a) Beyond the Call of Duty.
(b) Shaka Laka Boom Boom.
(c) The Rising Sun.
(d) Where East Meets West.

6. What hospital was Malala taken to in Peshawar in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”?
(a) The Combined Military Hospital.
(b) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
(c) Rawalpindi Central Hospital.
(d) The Shayatin Regional Hospital.

7. What is the approximate population of Karachi today?
(a) 17 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 23 million.

8. The rulers of what country provided a jet for Malala's transfer to an English hospital?
(a) Iran.
(b) The United States.
(c) Iraq.
(d) United Arab Emirates.

9. Who decided he would rather stay home with Malala when the boys' schools reopened in Chapter 14: “A Funny Kind of Peace”?
(a) Afzal.
(b) Khanjee.
(c) Khushal.
(d) Jajai.

10. Where did the van driver take Malala and the other girls after they'd been shot in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”?
(a) Kandahar Central Hospital.
(b) Jamia Hafsa Regional Hospital.
(c) Malakand Regional Hospital.
(d) Swat Central Hospital.

11. What is the name of the law in Pakistan that protects the Holy Quran from desecration?
(a) The Blasphemy Law.
(b) The Deity Law.
(c) The Purity Law.
(d) The Purdah Law.

12. What was the name of the militant group that Raymond Davis was supposedly investigating, according to Malala in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?
(a) Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Aden-Abyan Islamic Army.
(d) Lashkar-e-Taiba.

13. Who was the Muslim chaplain that greeted Malala when she awoke from the coma in Chapter 23: “The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham”?
(a) Rehanna.
(b) Aneesa.
(c) Asia Bibi.
(d) Jajai.

14. Who was the Christian woman that was sentenced to death by hanging in November of 2010 for insulting the Muslim faith, according to Malala in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?
(a) Benazir Bhutto.
(b) Jajai.
(c) Asia Bibi.
(d) Tor Pekai.

15. What is the title of Part V of the autobiography?
(a) I Am Afraid.
(b) Between Life and Death.
(c) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(d) A Second Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Malala's first blog entry for the BBC as Gul Makai?

2. The owner of what hotel was killed on Malala's birthday in Chapter 19: “A Private Talibanization”?

3. Who was Malala's teacher that came to school hysterical over a dream she'd had about Malala in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

4. In the Pashtun folk story that features Gul Makai, what is the name of the boy she is in love with?

5. Who was Pakistan's interior minister that visited Malala in the hospital?

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