I Am Malala Young Readers Edition

Where does Malala live?

• Mingora

• Shangla

• Pashtun

• Taliban

Who started the TNSM?

• Usman Bhai Jan

• Ziaddan Yousafzai

• Maulana Fazlullah

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah

What are Malala's brothers names?

• Atal and Jani

• Atal and Khushal

• Khushal and Jani

• Khushal and Ayoub

Who is the Taliban?

• a christian group in the U.S.

• an extreme terrorist located in Pakistan

• a group who advocates for girls to go to school

The central idea of Malala is...

• a young girl who began a crusade for the rights of all children to go to school

• The Taliban is an oppressive organization

• Kids all around the world have the right to go to school

• Girls should not be allowed to go to school

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Why did girls in Pakistan stop wearing their uniforms?

• they outgrew them

• they were evacuated from their homes

• their school had been closed

• they didn't want the Taliban to know they were going to school

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How did Malala begin her crusade?

• She went on television shows to tell about her problems

• She started a blog telling about life under the Taliban

• she gave speeches to kids in Pakistan

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What did Malala use to protect herself while writing the blog?

• a fake identity

• a psuedonym

• her real name

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. 

Malala began defying the Taliban.  What does defying mean? 

• Obeying
• abiding by
• disobeying
• hating

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