Which statement about the school is most strongly supported by the prologue?

• The school has no sign because signs are forbidden in their region of Pakistan.

• The school has no sign because the girls are embarrassed to be attending.

• The school has no sign because they don’t have funds for one.

• The school has no sign because the Taliban don’t want girls to receive an education.

Answer explanation

Since the Taliban’s arrival, the school has displayed no sign so that their location remains hidden.

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The first page of Chapter 1 mainly shows that...

• because Pashtun culture typically values daughters, Malala’s father is disappointed he hasn’t had a son

• though men in Pashtun culture don’t value daughters as equal to sons, Malala’s father was an exception

• while most daughters in Pashtun culture are gifted a chicken, Malala did not receive a present

• although Malala’s father is a typical Pashtun man, he values his daughter

Answer explanation

Malala’s dad celebrates her birth in a style more common for newborn boys, not girls.

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Which statement about the marriage of Malala’s parents is most strongly supported by evidence in Chapter 1?

• It is Malala’s mother’s second marriage in the Pashtun tradition.

• It is an unhappy marriage because it strictly follows Pashtun tradition.

• It is a happy marriage in which the wife has more power than usual for a Pashtun couple.

• It is a happy marriage that strictly follows the Pashtun tradition.

Answer explanation

Ziauddin, the husband, asks his wife, Toor Pekai, for advice, something atypical in Pashtun culture.

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"But, as I watched my brothers running across the roof, flying their kites and skillfully flicking the strings back and forth to cut each other’s down, I wondered how free a daughter could ever be." The final line of the first chapter mainly reveals...

• the challenges women face in the Pashtun culture

• Malala’s secret desire to have a kite of her own

• the dangers of living in the mountains

• the fact that Malala may become her brother’s housekeeper when they grow up

Answer explanation

The line meditates on the limits of women’s freedom in the traditions of Malala’s region.

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The arithmetic example in Chapter 2 mainly shows...

• the U.S. encouraging the Pashtun people to fight the Russians

• the U.S. encouraging the Pashtun people to battle each other

• the U.S.’s hope that the Pashtuns abandon Islam for Christianity

• the U.S.’s hope that the Pashtuns find Osama bin Laden

Answer explanation

According to the passage, the Americans and the CIA want the Pashtuns to fight America’s rival, as evident in their manipulation of the children’s curriculum.

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Malala’s mother mainly stopped attending school because...

• she feared being attacked

• her father was involved in politics and didn’t want her to cause controversy

• she was discouraged that she was the only girl in her class

• she knew that an education wouldn’t allow her to live freely anyway

Answer explanation

The cultural limitations on women meant that even with an education, they were likely relegated to a life in the domestic space.

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Malala’s father wanted to start his own school mainly to...

• encourage creative, independent thought in a community where there were few educational opportunities

• help earn as much money as possible to support his growing family

• help his friend earn a teaching position after the friend had lost his job

• encourage memorization and discipline in an area where there are no schools

Answer explanation

He wanted to establish a school that encouraged imagination in a region where there were no schools.

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In the final paragraph of Chapter 3, the author’s purpose was likely mainly to emphasize...

• that Malala had once visited New York

• that Malala was very young when the World Trade Center was attacked

• the tremendous sadness felt around the world when thousands died in the World Trade Center

• how something so distant and abstract could completely change Malala’s life

Answer explanation

The strange, nearly incomprehensible destruction across the world will bring war to Malala’s valley.

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Define the word "secularism."

• to clarify or explain with examples

• indifference or rejection of religion

• moral rules or ideals that guide a person’s behavior

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to something

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Define the word "blasphemous."

• very disrespectful toward anything considered sacred

• very respectful toward anything considered sacred

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to something

• expressing admiration for someone

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