WorksheetsI Am Malala Chapter 16
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was the title of Chapter 16?
The Valley of Sorrow
Praying to Be Tall
Leaving the Valley
A Funny Kind of Peace
In chapter 16, how long had Malala and her family been away from their valley?
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
Why was Malala's brothers crying then they finally got back home after 3 months?
The house was destroyed
All their things had been stolen
Their pet chickens had starved to death
There was no food in the house
To Malala's joy, what did she find after finally getting back home after 3 months?
The house was destroyed
Her school bag was still packed with her books
Her favorite dress was not stolen
There was food in the house
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.’?
Malala
Toor Pekai
Ziauddin
Moniba
True or False. Malala said in chapter 16 "Our school bell rang again for the first time on 1 August."
True
False
Mentioned in chapter 16, when is Pakistan's Independence Day? (shortly after the date Malala was able to go back to school)
January 1
July 4
August 14
November 25
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?
25, 000 rupees
50, 000 rupees
10, 000 rupees
1,100,000 rupees
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.
True
False
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.
True
False
What was the name of the project that the Institute for War and Peace Reporting ran?
Closed Minds Pakistan
Open Minds Pakistan
Strong Minds Pakistan
Weak Minds Pakistan
What happened around Malala's birthday when she turned thirteen in July 2010?
The rain came (mass flooding)
The Taliban returned
The Americans invaded the valley
Their was a general election
True or False. The monsoon floods cost Malala's father 90,000 rupees to repair – equivalent to the monthly fees for ninety students.
True
False
What was the name of the river that had burst its banks during the monsoon, causing massive damage and loss of life?
The Tigris river
The Hidaka River
The Indus River
The Chenab River
Who said these words? "Now we had become ‘the valley of sorrows’"? said my cousin Sultan Rome.
Malala's friend, Moniba
Malala's mother, Toor Pekai Yousefzai
Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousefzai
Malala's cousin, Sultan Rome
Why did Malala's cousin call their home 'the valley of sorrows'?
(Select all answers that apply)
The earthquake
The military operation
The monsoon floods
The Taliban
While all this suffering was going on, while people were losing their loved ones, their homes and their livelihoods, where was president Asif Zardari?
At the UN (United Nations) asking for aid for his country
Right there in the valley with the suffering
On holiday at a chateau in France
In the US meeting with President Obama about humanitarian efforts for Pakistan
What infection broke out in Mingora because of all the rains?
Dengue Fever
Cholera
Coronavirus
Rotavirus
True or False. There was less foreign help than there might have been at another time for Pakistan after the monsoon floods.
True
False
IDP stands for Internally Displaced
(a)
