I Am Malala

How could the reader of I am Malala determine that she and her

mother are quite different?

• One has short hair and the other has long hair

• One can read and the other cannot

• one knows how to drive and the other does not

• one is older and the other is younger

Malala's father started a school for girls. By the time the reader gets to Chapter 3,

the school has....

• grown to over 8 students

• grown to 800 students

• grown to 8 million students

• had to close because the rich families did not want their kids going to school with the poorer students.

When Malala saw the children searching through the dump for usable and sellable things to support their families, she realized something very important about herself. This lesson is true for all of us. What is it?

• We all need to eat chicken and rice and save the bread crusts for the birds.

• We all need to strive to make the world a better place which will require strength and courage.

• We need to try to get those children into school because they need to learn to read too.

• We need to learn to say prayers for other people.

How will this impact Malala's family?

• It won't affect them at all. That is just school stuff.

• It will affect them because they have less people paying to attend the school and her father earns less money.

• They won't be able to travel to Shangla for the next holiday.

• They won't get any new clothes in the spring.

Malala believed her school was a beautiful and wonderful place. Why did she think this?

• Because she was left off of the cricket team

• because she and her friends had fun learning and laughing together

• because she and her father had differing ideas about how the school should be run

• because the water fountains were so beautiful and she could not understand why people did not enjoy the fish pond

According to the text, men in Pakistan do not seem excited to have daughters. Which of the following quotations from the book supports this statement?

• "Look at this girl! She is as free as a bird!"

• "You should learn to lose just like you should learn to win."

• "Girls don't need to go to school. They won't need it to run a household."

• "Who is Malala??"

Name the themes in I am Malala.

• Education is a human right.

• Take the easy way out.

• Religion should not be weaponized.

• Be courageous.

• Education is a priviledge, not a right.

Who is Malala named after?

• Her mother

• Her grandmother

• Malalai of Maiwand

• Moniba

In Chapter 6, Malala is concerned about the children of the rubbish dump. In turn, she asked her father to do what?

• give the children jobs

• give the children money

• host the children for dinner

• Give the children a free education

How does Malala describe the Taliban?

• They were peace loving clerics who helped all children get an education.

• They were American backed rebels that were helping the people of Pakistan.

• There were strange-looking men with long straggly hair and beards and camouflage vests over their shalwar kamiz.

• They were allies of the the elders of Pakistan looking to improve the educational facilities of girls in Swat.