Which statement is most strongly supported by evidence in Chapter 4?

• Although elements of Pashtun culture can be severely oppressive towards women, women are treated worse under Taliban rule

• Although Pashtun culture celebrates women’s education in the field of medicine, it doesn’t encourage women to become leaders.

• Both Malala and her father fear the near future when the Taliban will likely take control of their lives.

• Both the Taliban and Pashtun cultures greatly respect women.

Answer explanation

Malala explains how Pashtun women’s lives are ruined for the benefit of their male relatives, and her father reminds her that things are even worse for women in neighboring Afghanistan.

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Which statement best explains Malala’s feelings about her own stealing in Chapter 5?

• She fears severe punishment if her father discovers her thievery.

• She is embarrassed and ashamed about the theft.

• She hopes to sell the stolen goods to raise funds for her education.

• She is stealing for the benefit of her impoverished family.

Answer explanation

Malala is most worried about feeling unworthy as a daughter.

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For Malala, the Pashtun concept of nang or honor mainly represents....

• the violence of her Pashtun culture

• the vicious cycle of Pashtun revenge

• the goal to achieve greatness

• the everlasting bond within a family

Answer explanation

Malala meditates on how revenge is at the heart of her culture.

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Which of the following best describes why some people of the Swat Valley didn’t want to be part of Pakistan?

• Musharraf was a militant ruler who addressed his people on TV, and the Swat people didn’t want a leader like this.

• General Zia was a ruler for a short time before he was killed on a flight, and this discouraged the Swat people from continuing to support Pakistani leaders.

• The people of Swat believed their own people are wiser and braver rulers than Pakistanis.

• New Pakistani rulers promised change but followed the old patterns of corruption.

Answer explanation

This best explains the people of Swat’s main frustration with Pakistan’s rulers.

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Which of the following best explains the central idea of the scene of Malala’s first speech?

• Malala decides that she can’t be friends with Moniba if she keeps losing to her.

• Malala’s favorite U.S. president is Abraham Lincoln.

• Malala spoke impressively but was cheated out of first place.

• Malala had not yet found her true voice.

Answer explanation

Malala hadn’t mastered speaking from her heart, and she also didn’t write her first speech.

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For Malala’s father, ghost schools are mainly a symbol for....

• the haunting of past wars

• the region’s lack of educational services

• government corruption

• devotion to the environment

Answer explanation

Some schools remained unused so that corrupt officials could use the vacant spaces and collect payments.

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Which of the following most accurately describes Pakistan’s dealings with the U.S. as portrayed in this section of the text?

• Pakistan hated the U.S. and would do anything to help Osama bin Laden.

• Pakistan had little choice but to help the U.S., and did so with limitations.

• Pakistan hated the Taliban and would do anything to help the U.S. win their war.

• Pakistan knew that they could defeat the Taliban by using an atomic bomb, though the U.S. persuaded them not to.

Answer explanation

Elements in Pakistan’s government helped both the U.S. and the Taliban at the same time.

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Which of these statements is most strongly supported by evidence in Chapter 7?

• U.S. drone attacks were secretly funded by politicians from both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• U.S. drone attacks killed Osama bin Laden but also killed eighteen innocent people.

• U.S. drone attacks inspired Malala’s father to join the local militia.

• U.S. drone attacks inspired local militias to engage in violent resistance.

Answer explanation

Some of the first drone attacks on Pakistan soil caused militant groups to seek revenge.

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What is the definition of a philanthropist?

• a system of conduct that guided medieval knights to be honorable, loyal, and skilled in battle

• a valuable person, thing, or quality; advantage or resource

• a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes

• a leak or flowing out of a liquid, gas or other substance

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What is Eid?

• one of two annual Islamic festivals

• the Pashtun practice of seeking revenge

• an Islamic tradition that forbids eating pork

• the Pashtun festival of light