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WorksheetsI am Malala
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
Malala and her family live in what country?
Iran
Pakistan
Afghanistan
India
Why is Malala so proud of her homeland?
She lives in a beautiful valley that some people call “paradise”.
She lives in a place where all children are offered free education.
She lives in a land where all people are free to worship as they choose.
She lives in a place that, for their area of the world, is considered to be highly advanced.
What does Malala's father do for a living?
A religious scholar
A teacher
A miner
He does not work
What is NOT a way Malala's family would help others?
Feeding girls breakfast before school
Lend money to friends and family
Give away free places at the school
Give money to the kids at the dump
It was important that Malala's name was included in her family tree because
A woman's name had not been included in the family tree for 300 years
All women and children were included in the family tree as part of tradition
Her father wanted to have a boy.
She was the most important person in her family.
Why did Malala include the story of Malalai of Maiwand?
Her father wrote a poem about Malalai. He always read it to guests who visited their house.
Malalai is a female symbol of bravery and courage in Pashtun culture. Malala is proud that she was named after her.
Malalai was the name of Malala's great grandmother who fought to free her son from unfair imprisonment.
The school that Malala attended was named after Malalai of Maiwand. It was an all girls school.
"When I was born, people in our village commiserated with my mother and nobody congratulated my father."
What does commiserated mean in this sentence?
to feel sympathy
To celebrate
to make a plan
to have tea
Why don’t family members and friends rejoice when Malala is born?
Malala’s mother suffered greatly during the childbirth, so it was believed that Malala would have medical problems when she grew up.
They are scared of having any kind of celebration under the Taliban rule.
She is a girl and it is far better to have boys in that culture.
She was born on what is considered an unlucky day in their culture.
How does Malala first become involved in politics?
She runs for the student government at her school.
She listens to her father and her friends when they talk politics.
She likes to go to protests and rallies that are held in Peshawar.
She reads a book on women in politics.
Malala is very different from her mother in that
Malala’s mother is illiterate.
Malala’s mother likes to cook and clean.
Malala's mother was born with an illness.
Malala’s mother is very short, while Malala is tall and strong.
Malala is very much like her father in that
Both are a bit arrogant.
Both of them believe that the Taliban will leave after they take all of the money out of the country.
Both of them happen to be talented public speakers.
Both of them like to sing and dance.
Malala becomes involved in the education campaign personally when she
Begins writing a diary for a BBC correspondent
Gives a speech at a local school
Travels to Islamabad and takes college courses
Starts a local protest to reopen her school
Malala could be called a competitive person because
She likes to play dress up and always look her best.
She likes to compete with her classmates and see if she can always be first in the class.
She likes to get compliments from her father, so she is always trying to please him and be his favorite child.
She participates in sporting events to represent her school.
When the Taliban first come to Swat, many of the people
Write editorials to the newspaper, asking the Taliban to leave
Run away and hide from the group
Try to seek asylum in neighboring countries.
Donate money to the cause and volunteer to help with construction projects
Malala’s mother decides she doesn’t agree with Fazlullah any longer, and the rules he dictates when
He stops Malala's family from leaving the country.
He says that all women should wear Burqas in public.
He says that all people who go to school are going to hell.
He tells the people who is to blame for the thievery in the area.
Malala is shot because
She campaigns for females to receive equal rights to their education.
She took the wrong bus and was mistaken for someone else.
She talks badly about the Taliban and she tries to wreck their plans.
She has joined an anti-Taliban resistance group and they are targeting the members of that organization.
Why do the Taliban say they shot Malala?
They say that she was trying to preach secularism.
They say that she was trying to steal something from their headquarters.
They say that they do not like her theories about education.
They never admit to being responsible for the shooting.
Malala was shot
Right outside her home
On the school bus
While she was walking back from the Bazaar
During a protest for equal education.
After being shot, Malala was taken to England
Because her family wanted to protect her
Because she needed better medical treatment
Because that was where you father had moved.
Because she wanted to start her life over in a safe place
Malala ends her novel by saying that many things in her life have changed, but
She wants things to keep changing and improving so that the whole world can become a beautiful paradise.
She thinks her mother has changed the most.
She still just wants everything to be peaceful.
She has not changed.
