I Am Malala Vocabulary

I Am Malala
Vocabulary

Familiarize yourself with this week's vocabulary.

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the underlined word in the text.

"For him the closing of the schools also meant the loss of business. The boys’ school would reopen after the holidays, but the loss of the girls’ school represented a big cut in our income. More than half the school fees were overdue, and my father spent the last day chasing money to pay the rent, the utility bills and the teachers’ salaries."

• to express indirectly by an image, form, or model; to be a symbol of

• a beating or whipping

• the traditions, beliefs, and history of a group

• an attack

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the underlined word in the text.

"Once Muslim Khan had said girls should not go to school and learn Western ways. This from a man who had lived so long in America! He insisted he would have his own education system. 'What would Muslim Khan use instead of the stethoscope and the thermometer?' my father asked. 'Are there any Eastern instruments that will treat the sick?' The Taliban is against education because they think that when a child reads a book or learns English or studies science he or she will become Westernized."

• an attack

• a beating or whipping

• the traditions, beliefs, and history of a group

• to influence with values, ideas, and practices typical of Europe and North America

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the underlined word in the text.

"After my school closed down, I continued to write the blog. Four days after the ban on girls’ schools, five more were destroyed. 'I’m quite surprised,' I wrote, 'because these schools had closed, so why did they also need to be destroyed? No one has gone to school following the Taliban’s deadline. The army is doing nothing about it. They are sitting in their bunkers on top of the hills. They slaughter goats and eat with pleasure.' I also wrote about people going to watch the floggings announced on Mullah FM, and the fact that the army and police were nowhere to be seen."

• the traditions, beliefs, and history of a group

• to influence with values, ideas, and practices typical of Europe and North America

• an attack

• a beating or whipping

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the underlined word in the text.

"Adam took us to Islamabad. It was the first time I had ever visited. Islamabad was a beautiful place with nice white bungalows and broad roads, though it has none of the natural beauty of Swat. We saw the Red Mosque where the siege had taken place, the buildings of the Parliament House and the Presidency, where Zardari now lived. General Musharraf was in exile in London."

• the traditions, beliefs, and history of a group

• to influence with values, ideas, and practices typical of Europe and North America

• an attack

• to express indirectly by an image, form, or model; to be a symbol of

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the underlined word in the text.

"We went to shops where I bought school books and Adam bought me DVDs of American TV programs like Ugly Betty, which was about a girl with big braces and a big heart. I loved it and dreamed of one day going to New York and working on a magazine like her. We visited the Lok Virsa museum, and it was a joy to celebrate our national heritage once again. Our own museum in Swat had closed."

• an attack

• to influence with values, ideas, and practices typical of Europe and North America

• the traditions, beliefs, and history of a group

• to express indirectly by an image, form, or model; to be a symbol of

Open Ended

You have previously learned the Greek root therm and the Greek root meter means “measure.” Apply that knowledge to determine the meaning of the word thermometer in paragraph 8. Write your definition here.