WorksheetsI Am Malala Chapter Twelve
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What news came over Radio Mullah in December 2008?
a)
The Taliban had been defeated.
b)
After January 15, no girl shall go to school.
c)
Televisions are allowed again.
d)
Women can go wherever they want.
2.
Who did the Radio Mullah said would be responsible for what happens to the girls who continue to attend school?
a)
the Taliban
b)
himself
c)
the Pakistani army
d)
parents and the school principal
3.
What did Malala think of the Radio Mullah's pronouncement at first?
a)
She must listen to him.
b)
He was right. They should no longer attend school.
c)
He had the authority to tell everyone what to do.
d)
It was just one of his crazy pronouncements. He couldn't stop more than 50,000 girls from going to school.
4.
True or False. Malala believed school was their right.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
After the Radio Mullah's pronouncement, more and more girls __________ coming to school.
a)
stopped
b)
kept
6.
True or False. Within days after the Radio Mullah's pronouncement, their school had gone from 27 girls in her grade to only 10.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Who do girls not defy in Malala's culture?
a)
their moms
b)
the males in their families
c)
their sisters
d)
their aunts
8.
Why were the males in the family of her friends making her friends stay home?
a)
They liked to boss the girls around.
b)
They did not care about the girls' feelings.
c)
They were doing so out of concern for their safety.
d)
They did not want the girls to be smarter than them.
9.
Why did Malala's father postpone winter break until January 14?
a)
He did not think the girls knew enough.
b)
He postponed due to weather.
c)
He did not want them to get a break from school.
d)
So they could squeeze in every moment of school before the Taliban's deadline.
10.
What did the BBC want to find?
a)
Someone from the school to write a diary life about life under the Taliban for its website.
b)
Someone who was in the Taliban to write a diary.
c)
Someone who hated going to school.
d)
Someone who loved the Radio Mullah and would write a poem about him.
11.
Why did the teachers refuse to write a diary?
a)
They liked the Taliban.
b)
They did not want to work overtime.
c)
They did not like to write.
d)
They thought it was too dangerous.
12.
Many people in Swat saw danger everywhere they looked. How did Malala's family look at life?
a)
They saw danger and wanted to hide.
b)
They should lie to get through life.
c)
They saw possibility and felt a responsibility to stand up for their homeland.
d)
They should hide and not speak out.
13.
Why did Malala write a diary?
a)
She wanted to support the Taliban.
b)
She wanted to fix the situation for girls to be able to go to school and she wanted to speak up.
c)
She wanted to write about the boy she was in love with.
14.
Why did Malala use a fake name for the diary?
a)
She always wanted a different name other than Malala.
b)
So the Taliban wouldn't know who was writing the diary.
c)
So the Taliban could find her.
15.
What fake name did Malala use for the diary?
a)
Radio Mullah
b)
Malala
c)
Mingora
d)
Gul Makai
16.
Why did Malala choose that fake name?
a)
It was the name of the city in which she lives.
b)
To trick people into believing it was the Radio Mullah.
c)
It means "cornflower" and is a name of a heroine in a Pashtun folk story.
d)
It was a name the Taliban hated.
17.
True or False. Malala thought that the opportunity to write a diary for the whole world to see, was as if God had finally granted her wish for a magic pencil.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
True or False. Malala told the others at school that she was the person writing the journal entries for the BBC.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Why did all the girls that went to the school stop wearing school uniforms?
a)
They wanted to wear items more fashionable.
b)
It was too dangerous, and the Taliban would have seen they were going to school.
c)
They did not like how the uniforms looked.
20.
What happened when Malala thought someone was threatening her?
a)
She ran home, but it was just a man speaking to someone on his phone.
b)
She told a police officer.
c)
She yelled at him to stop threatening her.
21.
True or False. Malala's friend, Moniba, realized that Malala was the one writing the diary entries.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Who was the person that accidentally revealed Malala as the secret diarist?
a)
Moniba
b)
her father
c)
her mom
d)
Radio Mullah
23.
True or False. The diary had done its job. Now reporters were following the story of Fazlullah's attempt to shut down the girls' schools of Pakistan. Even a man from the New York Times was following the story.
a)
True
b)
False
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