WorksheetsI Am Malala- Part 1 (Chapters 2-5)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Malala states that she lived in the most beautiful place in the world. What is the name of this place?
Pashtun
Kashmir
Swat Valley
London
Why didn't Malala's mother have the opportunity to be educated?
She had no interest in getting an education
The girls in her village did not go to school or learn to read
She wanted to simply get married and raise kids
Her parents didn't want her to
What does Malala realize after she sees the children at the garbage dump?
Her god knows about and will help the children.
Malala's father will send them to school.
Malala's mother will cook them dinner.
She needed to fix this issue
What inference can you make about why the militant group, TNSM, helped the people in Pakistan in 2005?
They wanted to protect the women and children
They wanted to gain followers for their movement
They wanted money
Malala's favorite show was about a boy with a
flying horse
broken arm
magical pencil
disappearing eraser
Chapter 4 is called "Warning from God" because
some of the Islamic extremist said God was warning them because they did not follow Islamic law
There was a prophet preaching that the end of the world was coming
Malala felt girls were being punished.
Why was Malala upset when the new girl came to school?
She stole all her friends
She was pretty
She came in first and Malala second
She was rude to her
What made life worse for women in Afghanistan?
schools were burned to the ground
women had to cover head-to-tow
they were banned from laughing
all of the above
What does "pious" mean?
deeply religious
to be obnoxious
to save your money
to love pie
What did the mufti, or Islamic scholar, say the school needed to be shut down?
It was dirty and run-down from the earthquake
They were not giving students a good education
He said Malala's dad was being un-Ismamic by running it
They were serving poor students
Malala's family never shared what they have.
True
False
Why did the rich families remove their children from Malala's school?
There were girls in it.
The building was rundown and dirty.
There were poor kids in it.
The radio spoke badly about it.
"Teenager girls should not be going to school. They should be in purdah." What does that mean?
The girls should be cooking and taking care of a home.
The girls should be wearing clothing covering their entire bodies and secluded from men.
The girls need to be cleaning up the devastation from the earthquake.
Malala's family studies the Holy Quran.
True
False
What was the biggest reason Malala and Moniba fought?
They were fighting over a boy
They wanted to be the smartest in the school
They didn't want other friends to get between them
