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I am Malala Test

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In what country did Malala and her family live?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Pakistan
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
2.
Which of the following is NOT something Malala did that upset the Taliban?
a)
She covered her head but not her face.
b)
She continued to go to secretly go to school.
c)
She had a boyfriend.
d)
She was interviewed by foreign reporters.
3.

Which of the following best describes Malala's relationship to her father?

a)

She often rebels against his demands.

b)

Malala's father encourages her education, and she both admires and loves him deeply.

c)

Malala forces her father to respect her.

d)

Malala is often angry at her father for making her into an independent girl.

4.
What misdeed did Malala admit to committing in her youth?
a)
Stealing from a friend
b)
Hitting her mother
c)
Running away from home
d)
Wearing red fingernail polish
5.
Who was the RADIO MULLAH?
a)
A voice coming through the radio with lots of guidance and encouragement.
b)
His name is Fazlullah and he used scare tactics and propaganda to try to coerce the people to do what he wanted them to do.
c)
The prime minister who wanted to allow people to have their own thoughts and ideas/ideals.
d)
The Taliban who wanted to have full control and only allow women to dress and be the way they wanted them to be!
6.
In Chapter 6, what did Malala say were the 2 main topics of concern for the people around her?
a)
The Radio Mullah and the fighting across the border in Afghanistan.
b)
The fighting in Afghanistan and the way they were being oppressed.
c)
The Radio Mullah and the devastation from the earthquake.
d)
The earthquake and the fighting across the border in Afghanistan.
7.
What did Malala have great fear were moving ever closer?  She was very afraid of this:
a)
more and more earthquakes
b)
ISIS
c)
The TNSM
d)
The Taliban
8.
What things did the Radio Mullah NOT approve of?
a)
Western ways and TV
b)
Anyone acting "un-Islamic"
c)
Girls being educated
d)
All of the Above
9.
What banners were strung up at the market during Fazlullah's 'Reign of Terror"?
a)
Hatred is not the Islamic way!
b)
Women Not Allowed!
c)
No TV, or Girls' Education
d)
Give Way to Justice
10.
Who was Benazir Bhutto?
a)
A leader of the Taliban
b)
First female Prime Minister of Pakistan
c)
Someone who was hoping for the best where Malala was concerned
d)
Malala's BFF
11.
What one major event clearly showed Malala that "no one was safe in Pakistan"?
a)
Her dad's receiving the letter that was a threat from the Taliban ~ if her daddy (who she saw as 'small potatoes' could be threatened, then anyone could!
b)
The death of Benazir Bhutto ---because until that point the Taliban had not attacked a woman, and if they would attack her/they could/would kill anyone!!!
c)
The burning of other schools ~~ if the Taliban would burn other schools then no school, or the people in it was safe!
d)
The fact that the Taliban was flogging women in the streets for really no reason ~ this mean that no one was protected!
12.
What was the first evidence of soldiers coming to help?
a)
Toffees thrown to the school children from helicopters by the army soldiers.
b)
Soldiers bombing the mountain villages
c)
Killing of Fazlullah
d)
The imposing of a curfew
13.
What is a dream of Malala's?
a)
For girls and boys to be able to have an education worldwide.
b)
For all students to value their education.
c)
For more money to be invested in education programs.
d)
For girls in her own country to be allowed to have an education.
14.
What was the Bloody Square?
a)
A place where dead bodies were left as an example.
b)
A square where people were taken to be killed or punished.
c)
A square in the center of the village stained with blood from previous battles.
d)
All of the above
15.

What is not one of the settings of the book?

a)

The city of Mingora in the Swat Valley of Pakistan

b)

Shangla, in the mountainous countryside of northwestern Pakistan

c)

Birmingham, England

d)

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States

16.

Malala’s father named her after

a)

His mother who had fought for women’s rights

b)

A heroic Pashtun teenage girls who told her people in a battle that it is “better to live for one day like a lion than like a slave for 100 years.”

c)

A Nobel Peace Prize winner

d)

Someone who had started schools for girls in their community.

17.

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

a)

Her mother didn’t want the father to look upon women that were forbidden to him.

b)

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

c)

Because Shaka Laka Boom Boom didn’t show the magic pencil anymore

d)

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

18.

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

a)

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

b)

The children do not wear their uniforms

c)

The children do not walk to school alone

d)

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

19.

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?

a)

Be in the documentary by the New York Times

b)

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

c)

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

20.

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?

a)

The chickens were alive but Malala’s books were stolen.

b)

The army had been living in their house.

c)

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

d)

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

21.

The book we read, I Am Malala, is an example of

a)

fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

nonfiction

d)

documentary

22.

“Events cast their shadow long before” was a proverb to mean

a)

Most bad things happen at night

b)

There are small signs that something bad will happen before it does.

c)

The earthquake was a punishment from Allah.

23.
What did Malala’s father name the school that he founded?
a)
The Malala School 
b)
The Atal School 
c)
The Khan School 
d)
The Kushal School 
24.
How many siblings does Malala have? 
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Zero
25.
Which group had brought about immense hardship to Afganistan? 
a)
ISIS
b)
The Taliban
c)
Al-Qaeda
d)
ISI
26.
Malala’s father constantly said “Malala is as free as a …”
a)
Sparrow
b)
Hawk
c)
Bird
d)
Butterfly
27.
Who is Malala’s best friend? 
a)
Maryam
b)
Malka-E-Noor
c)
Moniba
d)
Shiza
28.
Which al-Qaeda leader were the Americans trying to catch in Pakistan? 
a)
Qaddafi
b)
Osama bin Laden
c)
Saddam Hussein
d)
Abu Ahmed
29.
Who is Malala?
a)
A Muslim 
b)
A christian 
c)
a Jew 
d)
An Atheist 
30.
How did Malala defy the Taliban? 
a)
She continued to go to school, and she started a blog. 
b)
She organized a girls march in protest of the school ban. 
c)
She gave girls in her neighborhood a ride to school. 
d)
She kept her father's school open.  
31.
What did Malala's father do for a living? 
a)
He was an educator who ran private schools. 
b)
He was a government official in charge of education in Pakistan. 
c)
He was a street merchant who sold books. 
d)
He was a blogger for the BBC. 
32.
What does Malala believe is "our strongest weapon"?
a)
Nuclear bomb
b)
Machine gun
c)
Education
d)
Freedom
33.
"My father and I are the starry eyed ones. My mother is our rock. While our heads are in the sky, her feet are on the ground."
The reader can infer...
a)
Malala's father is strict, while the mother is a dreamer. 
b)
The father is optimistic, while the mother is realistic. 
c)
The father has beautiful eyes, while the mother is stout.
d)
Malala is similar to her mother, but respects her father's goals. 
34.
Which of these is an opinion?
a)
After the radio announcement, the school went from 27 girls enrolled to ten. 
b)
On January 15, the Fazlullah said no girl shall go to school over Radio Mullah. 
c)
My first diary entry appeared on January 3 2009, titled "I am Afraid."
d)
I looked at my father's hopeful- nervous face. He had been so brave for speaking out. 
35.
Which of these is a fact?
a)
Malala's fake name on her articles was Gul Makai. 
b)
"Speaking up is the only way things will get better."
c)
All children should have the opportunity to go to school.
d)
Malala will more than likely become a doctor in the future.

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