I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Malala Yousafzai
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Malala Yousafzai
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the names of Malala's younger brothers?
(a) Akbar and Shaheen.
(b) Khanjee and Faiz.
(c) Khushal and Atal.
(d) Ziauddin and Atal.

4. Who was the philanthropist that Ziauddin got to pay for him to produce leaflets about educating the poor in Chapter 6: “Children of the Rubbish Mountain”?
(a) Colonel Junaid.
(b) Faiz Mohammad.
(c) Azaday Khan.
(d) Shabbaz Sharif.

5. Who was Malala's chemistry teacher in high school in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Miss Ulfat.
(b) Sir Amjad.
(c) Sir Obaidullah.
(d) Miss Hammeda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village where Malala Yousafzai born?

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”?

3. What years comprised the Soviet War in Afghanistan?

4. What did Malala's father believe to be the root of all of Pakistan's problems, according to Malala in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What customs regarding women in the village does Malala describe in Chapter 4: “The Village”?

2. What gifts did Malala's family bring to the villagers in Chapter 4: “The Village”? Why?

3. What reasoning does Malala give for why Pashtun's don't say thank you in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

4. How does Malala describe the role of the CIA in the Russian-Afghan War in Chapter 2: “My Father the Falcon”?

5. What conflict did Malala encounter with her religious teacher in Chapter 10: "Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat”? How did Malala's father advise her?

6. How were girls' schools impacted by the spread of the Taliban in 2008-2009, according to Malala in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

7. How does Malala describe the differences within the Muslim faith in Chapter 8: “The Autumn of the Earthquake”?

8. What led Malala to begin stealing her childhood friend's toys in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

9. What is the story that Malala relates of Shabana in Chapter 12: “The Bloody Square”?

10. What is one example of a contradiction in Malala's descriptions of herself in the autobiography?

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