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Malala

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which year was Malala born?

a)

1987

b)

1995

c)

1997

d)

2000

2.

In what country was Malala born?

a)

Pakistan

b)

India

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Bangladesh

3.

Malala's family are...

a)

Pashtun

b)

Punjabi

c)

Kurdish

d)

Kashmiri

4.

What is Malala's father's name?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Ziauddin

c)

Zahid

d)

Zia

5.

Who was Malalai, Malala's namesake?

a)

The first female leader of Pakistan

b)

Her grandmother

c)

Her father's first schoolteacher

d)

A Pashtun heroine

6.

Malala was born in which city?

a)

Peshawar

b)

Mingora

c)

Karachi

d)

Islamabad

7.

What is Malala's middle brother's name?

a)

Kushal

b)

Zahid

c)

Khan

d)

Atal

8.

What is Malala's youngest brother's name?

a)

Kushal

b)

Zahid

c)

Khan

d)

Atal

9.

In which country did Malala's grandfather study?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

China

c)

India

d)

USA

10.

What is Malala's mother's name?

a)

Tor Pekai

b)

Tor Malalai

c)

Benazir Bhutto

d)

Maryam

11.

Which ruler campaigned for the Islamisation of Pakistan in the 1970s?

a)

General Zia

b)

General Bhutto

c)

General Fazlullah

d)

General Khan

12.

What does Malala call her grandfather?

a)

Aba

b)

Babi

c)

Baba

d)

Papa

13.

What did Malala's father name the school that he founded?

a)

The Kushal school

b)

The Atal school

c)

The Malala school

d)

The Khan school

14.

Which event does Malala say changed her valley forever?

a)

The Iranian hostage crisis

b)

The Cuban missile crisis

c)

The death of General Zia

d)

September 11, 2011

15.

Which group had brought about immense hardship in Afghanistan?

a)

ISI

b)

ISIS

c)

Al Qaeda

d)

The Taliban

16.

Malala's father constantly said "Malala is free as a..."

a)

Sparrow

b)

Bird

c)

Butterfly

d)

Hawk

17.

During which holidays do Malala and her family travel to the family's small village to celebrate?

a)

Ramadan

b)

Passover

c)

Christmas

d)

Eid

18.

Who is Malala's best friend?

a)

Maryam

b)

Moniba

c)

Shiza

d)

Malka-e-noor

19.

Which general took power in Pakistan shortly after Malala's birth?

a)

General Fazlullah

b)

General Musharraf

c)

General Zia

d)

General Khan

20.

Which other girl got Malala in trouble for stealing?

a)

Shiza

b)

Moniba

c)

Safina

d)

Maryam

21.

Malala desperately wanted her father to give free places at school to children she saw where?

a)

On the school roof

b)

On the river bank

c)

On the rubbish heap

d)

In an alleyway

22.

Which al-Qaeda leader were the Americans trying to catch in Pakistan?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Osama Bin Laden

c)

Qaddafi

d)

Abu Ahmed

23.

What was the proper title for the Islamic scholar who attempted to have the Kushal School closed?

a)

Mofti

b)

Mufti

c)

Nufti

d)

Lofti

24.

What Islamic concept dictates that women must remain out of sight of men?

a)

Quran

b)

Eid

c)

Purdah

d)

Mufti

25.

Who was the founder of Pakistan?

a)

Jinnah

b)

Gandhi

c)

Zia

d)

Musharraf