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Malala Yousafzai

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the organization that decreed (announced) that girls in Pakistan were not to be educated?

a)

ISIS

b)

The Taliban

c)

Boko Haram

d)

the BBC

2.
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. 
3.
Malala began defying the Taliban.  What does defying mean? 
a)
Obeying
b)
abiding by
c)
disobeying
d)
hating
4.
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.  
5.
How was Malala injured? 
a)
She was hurt in a bus accident. 
b)
She was shot in the head and neck as part of an assassination attempt. 
c)
She was poisoned. 
d)
She was beaten by the Taliban. 
6.
Three weeks after she was critically injured, Malala was reportedly asking for her school books.  What character trait does this demonstrate? 
a)
determination to empower herself through education
b)
dedication to her family
c)
perseverance in fighting the Taliban
d)
stubbornness to defy authority
7.

What award did Malala receive in 2014?

a)

Novel Peace Price

b)

Noble Peace Prize

c)

National Youth Peace Prize

8.

Where are Malala and her family from?

a)

Pakistan

b)

England

c)

United Kingdom

d)

India

9.
Why did the Taliban shoot Malala? Because she is:
a)
A politician
b)
A doctor
c)
A campaigner for girl's education
d)
A school teacher
10.
Where did the Taliban shoot Malala?
a)
At school
b)
At home
c)
In the street
d)
On the school bus
11.
Malala won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. 
a)
True
b)
False
12.
When was Malala awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
a)
2013
b)
2015
c)
2012
d)
2014
13.
Malala follows the religion of
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Judaism
14.
After Malala was shot, what foreign country was she transported to during her recovery?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Saudi Arabia
15.
A hijab is a veil some Muslim women use to cover their hair when in public
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Who did she blog for?

a)

Disney world

b)

CNN

c)

Blog World

d)

BBC

17.

What did the Taliban not want?

a)

They did not want girls to go to school

b)

They did not want boys to go to school

c)

They did not want girls to have children

d)

A did not want girs to work

18.

Who does she live with now and where?

a)

With her family in Birmingham, England.

b)

She's not alive.

c)

In USA with her mom.

d)

With her husband in Italy.

19.

What does she miss the most from Pakistan?

a)

her school

b)

her friends

c)

her house

d)

her dog

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