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I Am Malala Chapter 16

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the title of Chapter 16?

a)

The Valley of Sorrow

b)

Praying to Be Tall

c)

Leaving the Valley

d)

A Funny Kind of Peace

2.

In chapter 16, how long had Malala and her family been away from their valley?

a)

1 month

b)

2 months

c)

3 months

d)

4 months

3.

Why was Malala's brothers crying then they finally got back home after 3 months?

a)

The house was destroyed

b)

All their things had been stolen

c)

Their pet chickens had starved to death

d)

There was no food in the house

4.

To Malala's joy, what did she find after finally getting back home after 3 months?

a)

The house was destroyed

b)

Her school bag was still packed with her books

c)

Her favorite dress was not stolen

d)

There was food in the house

5.

Who said these words in chapter 16 ‘We people of Swat were first seduced by the Taliban, then killed by them

and now blamed for them. Seduced, killed and blamed.’?

a)

Malala

b)

Toor Pekai

c)

Ziauddin

d)

Moniba

6.

True or False. Malala said in chapter 16 "Our school bell rang again for the first time on 1 August."

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Mentioned in chapter 16, when is Pakistan's Independence Day? (shortly after the date Malala was able to go back to school)

a)

January 1

b)

July 4

c)

August 14

d)

November 25

8.

How much money did General Abbas donate to Malala's father to help him pay all the teachers at the Kushal School who hadn't been paid in the three months that they were IDP's?

a)

25, 000 rupees

b)

50, 000 rupees

c)

10, 000 rupees

d)

1,100,000 rupees

9.

True or False. On 1 December 2009 there was a suicide attack killing a well-known local ANP politician and

member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly, Dr Shamsher Ali Khan.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False. Moniba, Ayesha and Malala also started learning about journalism from a British organisation called the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, which ran a project called Open Minds Pakistan.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the name of the project that the Institute for War and Peace Reporting ran?

a)

Closed Minds Pakistan

b)

Open Minds Pakistan

c)

Strong Minds Pakistan

d)

Weak Minds Pakistan

12.

What happened around Malala's birthday when she turned thirteen in July 2010?

a)

The rain came (mass flooding)

b)

The Taliban returned

c)

The Americans invaded the valley

d)

Their was a general election

13.

True or False. The monsoon floods cost Malala's father 90,000 rupees to repair – equivalent to the monthly fees for ninety students.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What was the name of the river that had burst its banks during the monsoon, causing massive damage and loss of life?

a)

The Tigris river

b)

The Hidaka River

c)

The Indus River

d)

The Chenab River

15.

Who said these words? "Now we had become ‘the valley of sorrows’"? said my cousin Sultan Rome.

a)

Malala's friend, Moniba

b)

Malala's mother, Toor Pekai Yousefzai

c)

Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousefzai

d)

Malala's cousin, Sultan Rome

16.

Why did Malala's cousin call their home 'the valley of sorrows'?

(Select all answers that apply)

a)

The earthquake

b)

The military operation

c)

The monsoon floods

d)

The Taliban

17.

While all this suffering was going on, while people were losing their loved ones, their homes and their livelihoods, where was president Asif Zardari?

a)

At the UN (United Nations) asking for aid for his country

b)

Right there in the valley with the suffering

c)

On holiday at a chateau in France

d)

In the US meeting with President Obama about humanitarian efforts for Pakistan

18.

What infection broke out in Mingora because of all the rains?

a)

Dengue Fever

b)

Cholera

c)

Coronavirus

d)

Rotavirus

19.

True or False. There was less foreign help than there might have been at another time for Pakistan after the monsoon floods.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

IDP stands for Internally Displaced

(a)