Malala Yousafzai

How did Malala defy the Taliban? 

• She continued to go to school, and she started a blog. 
• She organized a girls march in protest of the school ban. 
• She gave girls in her neighborhood a ride to school. 
• She kept her father's school open.  

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What did Malala's father do for a living? 

• He was an educator who ran private schools. 
• He was a government official in charge of education in Pakistan. 
• He was a street merchant who sold books. 
• He was a blogger for the BBC. 

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Malala began defying the Taliban.  What does defying mean? 

• Obeying
• abiding by
• disobeying
• hating

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How was Malala injured? 

• She was hurt in a bus accident. 
• She was shot in the head and neck as part of an assassination attempt. 
• She was poisoned. 
• She was beaten by the Taliban. 

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What is the name of the organization that decreed (announced) that girls in Pakistan were not to be educated?

• ISIS
• The Taliban
• jihad
• the BBC

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What was Malala awarded?

• Nobel Peace Prize 
• Oscar
• Pulitzer Prize

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Where was Malala born?

• United Kingdom
• Mingora, Pakistan

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Why did the Taliban shoot Malala? Because she is:

• A politician
• A doctor
• A campaigner for girl's education
• A school teacher

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Malala follows the religion of

• Islam
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Judaism

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Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was only 17 years old.

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