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I Am Malala Part 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What tribe or people group does Malala belong to?
a)
Pashtun
b)
Urdu
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Haram
2.
What game do Malala and her brothers like to play?
a)
Soccer
b)
Basketball
c)
Swimming
d)
Cricket
3.
What did Malala get in trouble for in chapter 1?
a)
playing cricket
b)
stealing Safina's things
c)
sleeping in
4.
Is a boy or girl generally more valuable in Pakistani tradition?
a)
Girl
b)
Boy
5.
What is Ramadan?
a)
Celebration one day a year
b)
A market
c)
trash
d)
A month of fasting
6.
What was the main thing the Taliban did not like?
a)
Men working jobs
b)
Women freedom/rights
c)
Children playing
d)
Boys going to school
7.
What does it mean to be illiterate?
a)
Read fluently
b)
Not be able to read
c)
Can write
d)
Cannot write
8.

Why didn't Malala's mother have the opportunity to be educated?

a)

She had no interest in getting an education

b)

The girls in her village did not go to school or learn to read

c)

She wanted to simply get married and raise kids

d)

Her parents didn't want her to

9.

What does it mean for women to be in purdah?

a)

They are visiting the mountain region.

b)

They are in school.

c)

The are covered in public.

d)

They are doing something against the law.

10.

Malala's favorite show was about a boy with a(n)

a)

flying horse

b)

magic pencil

c)

Broken arm

d)

invisible friend

11.

What did Malala want to do with the magic pencil?

a)

Make realistic drawings

b)

Erase the smell and rotting food from the dump

c)

Feed the poor children

d)

Fix her house

12.

What is NOT a way Malala's family would help others?

a)

Feeding girls breakfast before school

b)

Lend money to friends and family

c)

Give away free places at the school

d)

Give money to the kids at the dump

13.

Who helped the people after the earthquakes in 2005?

a)

The mullahs

b)

The TNSM

c)

The government

d)

The villagers

14.

How did the TNSM use the earthquake in 2005 to scare the people of Pakistan?

a)

The TNSM told the people that the earthquake was a message from God that they were not following Islamic law.

b)

The TNSM told the people that they had made the earthquake happen.

c)

The TNSM destroyed the schools in Pakistan after the earthquake.

15.

Chapter 4 is called "Warning from God" because

a)

some of the Islamic extremist said God was warning them because they did not follow Islamic law

b)

There was a prophet preaching that the end of the world was coming

c)

Malala felt girls were being punished.

16.
What is a mufti?
a)
an Islamic scholar
b)
a code related to Pashtunwali
c)
a religious leader
d)
a prayer
17.
What was the compromise reached between the mufti and Malala's father?
a)
Malala would no longer go to school.
b)
The girls would use a different gate from the men.
c)
The school would be shut down as long as Malala's father was not hurt.
d)
The mufti would take over as teachers at Malala's father's school.
18.

What did the mufti, or Islamic scholar, say the school needed to be shut down?

a)

It was dirty and run-down from the earthquake

b)

They were not giving students a good education

c)

He said Malala's dad was being un-Ismamic by running it

d)

They were serving poor students

19.

Why was Malala upset when the new girl came to school?

a)

She stole all her friends

b)

She was pretty

c)

She came in first and Malala second

d)

She was rude to her

20.

Why did the rich families remove their children from Malala's school?

a)

There were girls in it.

b)

The building was rundown and dirty.

c)

There were poor kids in it.

d)

The radio spoke badly about it.

21.

What was the biggest reason Malala and Moniba fought?

a)

They were fighting over a boy

b)

They wanted to be the smartest in the school

c)

They didn't want other friends to get between them

22.

When people would gather at Malala's house, she most wanted to be with

a)

The women cooking and gossiping

b)

The children playing games

c)

The men talking about politics and the world outside Pakistan