I Am Malala Quizzes

I Am Malala Quiz 1

1 In which year was Malala born?
1995

1987

2000

1997
2 In what country was Malala born?
India

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Pakistan
3 Malala's family are...
Kurdish

Pashtun

Kashmiri

Punjabi
4 What is Malala's father's name?
Ziauddin

Zahid

Zia

Muhammad
5 Who was Malalai, Malala's namesake?
a Pashtun heroine

her father's first schoolteacher

her grandmother

the first female leader of Pakistan
6 Malala was born in which city?
Mingora

Karachi

Islamabad

Peshawar
7 What is Malala's middle brother's name?
Zahid

Kushal

Atal

Khan
8 What is Malala's youngest brother's name?
Zahid

Khan

Kushal

Atal
9 In which country did Malala's grandfather study?
USA

India

China

Afghanistan
10 What is Malala's mother's name?
Tor Pekai

Benazir Bhutto

Maryam

Tor Malalai
11 Which ruler campaigned for the Islamisation of Pakistan in the 1970s?
General Bhutto

General Fazlullah

General Zia

General Khan
12 What does Malala call her grandfather?
Papa

Aba

Babi

Baba
13 What did Malala's father name the school that he founded?
The Atal School

The Khan School

The Malala School

The Kushal School
14 Which event does Malala say changed her valley forever?
The Iranian Hostage Crisis

The death of General Zia

The Cuban Missile Crisis

September 11, 2001
15 Which group had brought about immense hardship in Afghanistan?
ISIS

al-Qaeda

the Taliban

ISI
16 Malala's father constantly said "Malala is free as a..."
butterfly

bird

sparrow

hawk
17 During which holidays do Malala and her family travel to the family's small village to celebrate?
Christmas

Eid

Passover

Ramadan
18 Who is Malala's best friend?
Shiza

Malka-e-Noor

Moniba

Maryam
19 Which general took power in Pakistan shortly after Malala's birth?
General Khan

General Musharraf

General Zia

General Fazlullah
20 Which other girl got Malala in trouble for stealing?
Safina

Shiza

Moniba

Maryam
21 Malala desperately wanted her father to give free places at school to children she saw where?
at the rubbish heap

on the school's roof

in an alleyway

on the riverbank
22 Which al-Qaeda leader were the Americans trying to catch in Pakistan?
Abu Ahmed

Saddam Hussein

Osama bin Laden

Qaddafi
23 What was the proper title for the Islamic scholar who attempted to have the Kushal School closed?
lofti

nufti

mofti

mufti
24 What Islamic concept dictates that women must remain out of sight of men?
quran

eid

purdah

mufti
25 Who was the founder of Pakistan?
Zia

Gandhi

Musharraf

Jinnah

in chapter 12, what did Malala describe as her "Magic pencil"

As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. Malala wanted to erase people's sadness.

Asked by chris b #973203

Answered by Aslan on 1/26/2020 8:39 PM

Explain the following quote: “Inside the Khushal School, we flew on the wings of knowledge.”

Malala cherishes the memories of her father's school. Many girls were not given the opportunity of an education and even fewer were given the liberal education that Malala received inside Khushal School. To Malala, education was a liberating...

Asked by nick click b #528834

Answered by Aslan on 5/12/2016 4:15 PM

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how does starting the story with this prologue help support the memoir

We get a sense of context before the story begins. The prologue acts as an exposition to the narrative.

Asked by jasmine k #1323269

Answered by Aslan on 1/14/2024 8:00 PM

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