I Am Malala Review

The book, I Am Malala, is an example of:

• Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Glossary

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Which of the following is NOT one of the settings of the book?

• Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the U.S.

• Birmingham, England

• The city of Mingora in the Swat Valley of Pakistan

• Shangla, in the mountainous countryside of northwestern Pakistan

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Malala's father named her after:

• A Nobel Peace Prize winner

• Someone who had started school for girls in their community

• A heroic Pashtun teenage girl who told her people in a battle that it is "better to live for one day like a lion that like a slave for 100 years"

• His mother who had fought for women's rights

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Because of the religious rules and the danger to students, Malala's makes several changes at the school. Which is NOT one of them?

• The children do not wear their uniforms

• He keeps Malala home from school at times when she is scared

• The older girls would enter from a different entrance from the boys

• The children do not walk to school alone

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Why does Malala's family hide the TV in the closet?

• Because it was too expensive to burn in the center of town

• Because Shaka Laka Boom Boom didn't show the magic pencil anymore

• Because Fazlullah's followers would listen at the door and enter to smash it

• Her mother didn't want the father to look upon women that were forbidden to him

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Malala's mother quotes the Holy Quran saying, "Falsehood has to die. And truth has to come forward" (76). She has given Malala permission to do what?

• Write a diary for the BBC using the pretend name Gul Makai

• Go to school dressed as a boy after the Taliban shut down the schools

• Be in the documentary by the New York Times

• Speak at a peace rally at her school

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Mark all the statements that are TRUE about Jan. 15, the last day of school for the girls.

• The New York Times was filming Malala to make a documentary.

• Every girl in Malala's class was there except for Moniba

• Some teachers even assigned homework

• The girls played some of their favorite games.

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Two million people left the Swat Valley because of the fighting between the Taliban and the army. When Malala's family returned what did they find had happened?

• The army had been living in their house

• The Taliban had left the heads of goats and sheep in the school as a warning

• The army had been living in their school and left a note blaming the people of Swat for the Taliban

• The chickens were alive but Malala's books had been stolen

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Malala has questions when she wakes up at the hospital. Which is NOT one of them?

• Is her father OK?

• Why she has no hair?

• Who will pay for the hospital bills?

• What country she is in?

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There were any ways living in Pakistan and England was different for Malala and her family. Which is NOT one of them?

• The weather was hot in England but cold in Pakistan

• The women dressed in ways that showed a lot of skin in England but not in Pakistan

• There were not as many neighbors, visitors, and true friends in England

• The expectations for how men and women interacted were different

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