I am Malala Final Assessment

“The government had awarded me Pakistan’s first National Peace Prize.” “And I didn’t hear the crack, crack, crack of the three bullets.” Those two sentences side-by-side, demonstrate an example of

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• irony

• allusion

Around the time she turned 13, Malala stopped growing. Why did she see that as a problem?

• She felt her height made it harder to get people’s attention

• She wanted to be taller than Moniba

• She was competitive; she wanted to be the tallest in her class

• She felt it would hurt her chances of getting interviews

After nearly two months in the hospital, Malala, her mother, and two nurses went to Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Her father didn’t go along because

• he didn’t care much for flowers

• he thought he might be a target in the Gardens

• he was easily recognized and would attract attention

• he thought it would be too cold

Just before the January 15th closing of the School for Girls, it was decided that the girls would dress in everyday clothes because

• wearing uniforms might target the girls for harm

• societal norms were changing, and uniforms were no longer necessary

• everyday clothing covered girls’ bodies better than uniforms

• everyday clothing was nicer

“Practically overnight Fazlullah’s men disappeared, like snow melting into the ground,” is an example of what kind of figurative language?

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Malala’s father quotes a proverb on page 42: “Coming events cast their shadows before.” What does that proverb mean?

• Significant events often take place on sunny days

• An action taken now will prevent later problems

• Significant events can be unpopular or outdated

• Significant events are often hinted at before they happen

Malala needed to be moved from the hospital in Peshawar because

• security wasn’t tight enough at the Combined Military Hospital

• her condition was getting worse, and she was at risk for infection

• her parents wanted her moved to a bigger hospital

• she was beginning to improve

Richard Holbrooke, special ambassador from the United States, invited Malala and her father to a meeting. Malala asked for help to get girls an education. He laughed at her. Why?

• The United States was already giving billions of dollars for economic aid

• Some Pakistani girls’ schools had reopened

• Malala was only eleven years old

• The United States was helping in many ways they thought more important than education for girls

The government imposed sharia to get the Taliban to stop fighting. How did this change things for the residents of Mingora?

• There were more opportunities for students to go to school

• The Taliban worked together with the government of Mingora

• The Taliban became bolder and imposed more conservative rules

• Peace finally came to Mingora

It took more than two weeks for Malala to be reunited with her family because

• they didn’t have the necessary passports and visas

• they didn’t have the money to travel

• they wanted to give her time to heal

• the government held them against their will