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Malala Yousafzai

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Malala spoke Pashto, English and Urdu

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Initially, Malala wanted to be a

a)

Doctor

b)

Engineer

c)

Cricketer

d)

Scientist

3.

What did Malala act for?

a)

Education rights for girls

b)

Satyagraha

c)

Eleven Points programme

4.

What did Malala's father do for work

a)

He was a farmer

b)

He was an officer in the Taliban

c)

He was a Teacher who ran several schools

d)

He was a shopkeeper

5.

How did Malala Yousifzai first become famous

a)

She was a popular singer

b)

She was a ballet Dancer

c)

She was the president of Pakistan

d)

She was in the local TV news

6.

What was Malala doing when she was shot?

a)

Delivering a speech

b)

Eating dinner

c)

Riding the bus home from school

d)

Marching for Women's equal rights

7.

Malala Yousafzai was the youngest person to be awarded the ________ Peace Prize.

a)

Pakistani

b)

Asian

c)

Nobel

d)

Indian

8.

Who was Malala Yousafzai's father?

a)

Ahmed Yousafzai

b)

Ziauddin Yousafzai

c)

Amol Yousafzai

d)

Muhammad Yousafzai

9.

Malala began defying the Taliban. What does Defying mean?

a)

hating

b)

disobeying

c)

helping

d)

abiding by

10.

What happened to school that Malala went to under the rule of the Taliban

a)

They were shut down

b)

The teachers were only female

c)

The school was destroyed

d)

The teachers were given a raise

11.

The Taliban closed Malala's school because

a)

They wanted to build a bigger, better school

b)

They thought it was a bad school

c)

They believed girls should not be educated

d)

They wanted to build a fort there

12.

When did Malala win the Nobel prize?

a)

January 20 2018

b)

March 16 2017

c)

December 29 2008

d)

October 14 2014

13.

What did Malala do on her 18th birthday?

a)

She gave a speech

b)

She opened a school for Syrian Refugee girls

c)

She went on a trip

d)

She did nothing special

14.

What is Malala's pen name?

a)

Lucky

b)

Gul Makai

c)

Golu

d)

Gulabi

15.

Where was Malala Yousafzai born?

a)

Lahore

b)

Karachi

c)

Islamabad

d)

Mingora