I Am Malala- Part 1 (Chapters 2-5)

Malala states that she lived in the most beautiful place in the world. What is the name of this place?

• Pashtun

• Kashmir

• Swat Valley

• London

Why didn't Malala's mother have the opportunity to be educated?

• She had no interest in getting an education

• The girls in her village did not go to school or learn to read

• She wanted to simply get married and raise kids

• Her parents didn't want her to

What does Malala realize after she sees the children at the garbage dump?

• Her god knows about and will help the children.

• Malala's father will send them to school.

• Malala's mother will cook them dinner.

• She needed to fix this issue

What inference can you make about why the militant group, TNSM, helped the people in Pakistan in 2005?

• They wanted to protect the women and children

• They wanted to gain followers for their movement

• They wanted money

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Malala's favorite show was about a boy with a

• flying horse

• broken arm

• magical pencil

• disappearing eraser

Chapter 4 is called "Warning from God" because

• some of the Islamic extremist said God was warning them because they did not follow Islamic law

• There was a prophet preaching that the end of the world was coming

• Malala felt girls were being punished.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.6

Why was Malala upset when the new girl came to school?

• She stole all her friends

• She was pretty

• She came in first and Malala second

• She was rude to her

What made life worse for women in Afghanistan?

• schools were burned to the ground

• women had to cover head-to-tow

• they were banned from laughing

• all of the above

What does "pious" mean?

• deeply religious

• to be obnoxious

• to save your money

• to love pie

What did the mufti, or Islamic scholar, say the school needed to be shut down?

• It was dirty and run-down from the earthquake

• They were not giving students a good education

• He said Malala's dad was being un-Ismamic by running it

• They were serving poor students