I Am Malala

How did Malala respond after she learned children worked at the dump?

• A. She followed a girl home to beg the girl's parents to send her to school.

• B. She floated a letter in a stream to ask God for strength and courage.

• C. She held classes to teach them the Arabic alphabet and read stories.

• D. She collected food donations from friends to share among the children.

Why did Malala burst into tears one day after school?

• A. Moniba had revealed that her family was forcing her to quit school.

• B. Malka-e-Noor had won the trophy for first place, and Malala came in second.

• C. Madam Maryam had unjustly accused Malala of cheating on a test.

• D. Malala's mother met Malala at the door and said Aba was very sick.

What made Malala angry when Taliban men came to search a car she was in?

• A. The men demanded money to further the cause of Fazlullah.

• B. The cassettes belonging to her cousin were taken and smashed on the ground.

• C. Her father was forced to kneel beside the car and recite from the Quran.

• D. A Talib said she and her mother were bringing shame and must wear burqas.

As the diarist Gul Makai, Malala wrote about an incident in which she (blank)---.

• A. thought a man on his phone had threatened to kill her

• B. surrendered her books to an elder who threw them into the river

• C. passed through a Taliban checkpoint dressed as a boy

• D. arrived at school to discover smoke was pouring out a window

What did Malala do before she left Mingora as a displaced person?

• A. She went with her brothers to a field to let their pet chicks go free.

• B. She left a message for the Taliban on a chalkboard at Khushal School.

• C. She hid books in the guest room and whispered Quranic verses over them.

• D. She gave some spare blankets and clothes to a girl who was an orphan.

Around the time Malala turned thirteen years old, she asked Allah to (blank)---.

• A. give her a sign that she should continue with her mission

• B. help her fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher

• C. heal her brother Atal, who was sick with malaria

• D. make her taller so she could get people's attention

What did Malala want to do with the magic pencil?

• Make realistic drawings

• Erase the smell and rotting food from the dump

• Feed the poor children

• Fix her house

What happened after Malala went on a school field trip to the White Palace?

• A. Photos of Malala with her head uncovered were posted on the Internet.

• B. Malala's father was arrested for organizing the trip without permission.

• C. Letters calling the school a center of vulgarity were distributed.

• D. The bus returned to school, where the classrooms had been ransacked.

In her first days at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Malala smiled after she (blank)---.

• A. learned that a group of actors had pledged to pay for her treatment

• B. saw a newspaper clipping of her father in Pakistan

• C. heard that her Swati assailant was in police custody

• D. opened a parcel containing a pink shalwar kamiz from Safina

What did Malala learn during a visit with the president of Pakistan?

• A. Madam Maryam would be speaking about the Taliban to the United Nations.

• B. He had commissioned a statue to be placed in Mingora to honor her.

• C. She had been invited to study politics at the university in Islamabad.

• D. Her family would stay in Birmingham and not go home for a long time.