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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 title of Part IV of the autobiography?
(a) Between Life and Death.
(b) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(c) I Am Afraid.
(d) Beyond the Call of Duty.

2. Malala claims in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?” "I love physics because it is about" what?
(a) Faith.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Truth.

3. What was the title of Malala's first blog entry for the BBC as Gul Makai?
(a) I Am Afraid.
(b) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(c) The Valley of Death.
(d) A Second Life.

4. Who oversaw Malala's transfer to an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Chapter 22: "Journey into the Unknown"?
(a) Dr. Fiona.
(b) Dr. Richard Irving.
(c) Dr. Mumtaz.
(d) Dr. Baba.

5. Who did Ziauddin pass his phone to when the school called him about the shooting of the school bus in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”?
(a) Ahmad Shah.
(b) Saidu Sharif.
(c) Akbar Khan.
(d) Saeed Ramzan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Muslim chaplain that greeted Malala when she awoke from the coma in Chapter 23: “The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham”?

2. 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”?

3. What did Malala suggest that she and Moniba should pretend to be while they were on their school trip to Marghazar in Chapter 19: “A Private Talibanization”?

4. 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”?

5. Who was the school assistant that announced when the bus arrived to take Malala and the other students home from school in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the gunman that shot Malala? Who was captured and held by law enforcement after the shooting?

2. Why was Malala unaccompanied by her brother when she was shot in Chapter 20: “Who Is Malala?”

3. What aspects of American or European culture does Malala describe as having influenced her in Chapter 13: “The Diary of Gul Makai”?

4. How does Malala describe her family's return home in Chapter 16: “The Valley of Sorrows”? How long had they been away?

5. How does Malala describe her feelings about being short in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”? How have Malala's opinions changed in this regard?

6. Where was Malala taken after she was shot in Chapter 21: “God, I Entrust Her to You”? How did Ziauddin learn of the shooting?

7. How did the people of Malala's village explain the monsoons and their destruction in Chapter 16: “The Valley of Sorrows”?

8. How does Malala describe the Pakistani response to the news of the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden in Chapter 17: “Praying to Be Tall”?

9. How did Malala go about returning to school in Chapter 14: “A Funny Kind of Peace”?

10. Why was Malala taken out of the country in Chapter 22: "Journey into the Unknown"? Where was she taken?

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