Unit 5 Quick check 1

Which of the following expresses Malala’s ideas about the importance of education?

• I had an exam on Pakistani studies.

• I’d already heard the rooster crow at dawn but had fallen back asleep.

• How would I complete my studies and become a doctor, which was my greatest hope at the time?

• “After the fifteenth of January, no girl, whether big or little, shall go to school.”

The author wrote her diary entries under a false name mainly because —

• she did not want her friends to be envious of her

• she feared that the Taliban would punish her for speaking out

• she feared that her father would punish her if she used her real name

• she was too modest to use her real name

Which of the following is not true?

• Education is very important to Malala.

• Malala and her best friend, Moniba, wrote the diary entries.

•  Malala is a spiritual person who says prayers regularly.

• Malala’s father wanted her to go to school.

What helps you understand the reason that Malala's mother agrees to the decision?

• Because my mission was a good one.

• I would do anything to be able to continue going to school.

• She gave us her answer with a verse from the Holy Quran

• If I didn’t have her support, it would be like speaking with only half my heart.

Which of these things helped Malala to never give up?

• she wrote a diary

• her faith

• education is important to her

• she is brave

Why is John upset with his mother?

•  she doesn’t take his father to work

• she gives grocery money to his sister and not to him

• she acts as if this morning is like any other day

• she makes him eat his breakfast even though he is ill

The author includes details about the National Guard to —

• add tension to the situation and complicate the plot

• describe the work that they do

• describe the characters in vivid details

• give a side detail that doesn’t add much to plot

Why does John tell his sister to pretend to be sick?

• He knows that is what his mother really wants.

• He likes to tell his little sister what to do.

• He does not want either of them to face danger at school.

• He believes she is ill and pretending to be well.

What is the cultural and historical setting of the story?

• they live in the south

• it's 1958 and it's time for school to start

• schools are being forcibly integrated in the south

• the brother and sister have to go to school

In the First Day of School, John hoped it would keep raining, but it didn't. How does this contribute to the conflict?

• His sister wouldn't go if it was raining

• He's worried that the people will come out

• He's worried that the people won't come out

• if it rains he won't have to go to school