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I am Malala SET I Vocabulary---Chapters Prologue-5

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An introduction to preceding events or developments; prior to; before.

a)

Prologue

b)

Looming

c)

Laden

d)

Gully

2.

A water-worn ravine.

a)

Prologue

b)

Looming

c)

Laden

d)

Gully

3.

Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.

a)

Prologue

b)

Looming

c)

Laden

d)

Gully

4.

Heavily loaded or weighed down.

a)

Prologue

b)

Looming

c)

Laden

d)

Gully

5.

The term for God in Islam.

a)

Pious

b)

Madrasa

c)

Allah

d)

Devout

6.

Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.

a)

Pious

b)

Madrasa

c)

Allah

d)

Devout

7.

A college for Islamic instruction.

a)

Pious

b)

Madrasa

c)

Allah

d)

Devout

8.

Committed to ones Religious doctrine.

a)

Pious

b)

Madrasa

c)

Allah

d)

Devout

9.

Father

a)

Shalwar

b)

Aba

c)

Kamiz

d)

Dyna

10.

Bus

a)

Shalwar

b)

Aba

c)

Kamiz

d)

Dyna

11.

A light, loose, pleated trousers (pants) tapering to a tight fit around the ankles.

a)

Shalwar

b)

Aba

c)

Kamiz

d)

Dyna

12.

A long tunic or shirt.

a)

Shalwar

b)

Aba

c)

Kamiz

d)

Dyna

13.

The Muslim festival MARKING THE END OF THE FAST of Ramadan.

a)

Small Eid

b)

Big Eid

c)

Pashto

d)

Fundamentalist

14.

A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture on a religion.

a)

Small Eid

b)

Big Eid

c)

Pashto

d)

Fundamentalist

15.

The Muslim festival that comes at the end of time linked to the annual pilgrimage of the Haji.

a)

Small Eid

b)

Big Eid

c)

Pashto

d)

Fundamentalist

16.

Each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of a pitch, defended by a batsman.

a)

Cricket

b)

Rickshaw

c)

Wickets

d)

Richter Scale

17.

An open-air game played on a large grass field with bats, balls, and two wickets, between teams of eleven players; the object of the game being scored more runs than the opposition.

a)

Cricket

b)

Rickshaw

c)

Wickets

d)

Richter Scale

18.

A light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one or more people.

a)

Cricket

b)

Rickshaw

c)

Wickets

d)

Richter Scale

19.

A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake.

a)

Crisket

b)

Rickshaw

c)

Wickets

d)

Richter Scale

20.

An educated learned Muslim scholar especially in India---often used as a form of address.

a)

Mullah

b)

Holy Quran

c)

Maulana

d)

Blasphemy

21.

A Muslim educated in Islamic theology and sacred law.

a)

Mullah

b)

Holy Quran

c)

Maulana

d)

Blasphemy

22.

The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.

a)

Mullah

b)

Holy Quran

c)

Maulana

d)

Blasphemy

23.

The Islamic sacred book believed to be a word of God, dictated to Muhammad the arch-angel Gabriel and written down in Arabic.

a)

Mullah

b)

Holy Quran

c)

Maulana

d)

Blasphemy

24.

The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guest, visitors, or strangers.

a)

Hospitality

b)

Raucous

c)

Reprimand

d)

Consoled

25.

To comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment.

a)

Hospitality

b)

Raucous

c)

Reprimand

d)

Consoled

26.

To tell someone officially that they have done something wrong.

a)

Hospitality

b)

Raucous

c)

Reprimand

d)

Consoled

27.

Making a disturbing harsh and loud noise.

a)

Hospitality

b)

Raucous

c)

Reprimand

d)

Consoled

28.

The practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu Societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of sight (form of seclusion) of men or strangers.

a)

Pashto

b)

Rupees

c)

Ramadan

d)

Purdah

29.

The basic monetary unit, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (+other countries) use for money.

a)

Pashto

b)

Rupees

c)

Ramadan

d)

Purdah

30.

The ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.

a)

Pashto

b)

Rupees

c)

Ramadan

d)

Purdah

31.

Language of the Pashtun people in the Middle East.

a)

Pashto

b)

Rupees

c)

Ramadan

d)

Purdah