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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the dancer Shabana live in Mingora?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Gulkada.
(c) Banr Bazaar.
(d) Malakand.

2. What high school was bombed by a suicide bomber in Malala's town on February 28, 2008?
(a) Haji Baba High School.
(b) Jamia Hafsa High School.
(c) Spal Bandi High School.
(d) Shawar Zangay.

3. Where did Ziauddin live with Nasir Pacha and his wife in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Abbottabad.
(b) Jamia Hafsa.
(c) Gulkada.
(d) Spal Bandi.

4. What is the name of the village where Malala Yousafzai born?
(a) Spal Bandi.
(b) Mingora.
(c) Shangla.
(d) Gulkada.

5. When was Malala Yousafzai born?
(a) October 18, 1998.
(b) October 8, 1995.
(c) July 12, 1997.
(d) May 5, 1997.

6. What percentage of Pakistanis are Muslim today, according to Malala in Chapter 7: “The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School”?
(a) 88%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 96%.
(d) 76%.

7. Who was Malala's chemistry teacher in high school in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?
(a) Miss Ulfat.
(b) Miss Hammeda.
(c) Sir Obaidullah.
(d) Sir Amjad.

8. What is the name of Malala's father?
(a) Shabbaz.
(b) Sharafat.
(c) Ziauddin.
(d) Maulana.

9. Who wrote the letter that Ziauddin kept framed outside of his office, according to Malala in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Major General Ghulam Qamar.

10. On what date did Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan after nine years in exile?
(a) October 18, 2007.
(b) October 16, 2012.
(c) January, 3, 2009.
(d) October 8, 2005.

11. What landmark in Mingora became known as "Bloody Square" during the Taliban's occupation of the Swat District?
(a) Green Square.
(b) Silver Lake.
(c) Green Gardens.
(d) White Square.

12. Where was Jehanzeb College located that Ziauddin hoped to attend in Chapter 3: “Growing Up in a School”?
(a) Jamia Hafsa.
(b) Saidu Sharif.
(c) Gulkada.
(d) Malakand.

13. What is the title of Part II of I Am Malala?
(a) Three Girls, Three Bullets.
(b) I Am Afraid.
(c) The Valley of Death.
(d) Between Life and Death.

14. What favorite board game did the Taliban ban during its reign in Pakistan, according to Malala in Chapter 10: "Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat”?
(a) Carrom.
(b) Sorry!
(c) Connect Four.
(d) Chutes and Ladders.

15. In what year was the nation of Pakistan created?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Malala's mother?

2. What was the first school blown up by the Taliban that Malala describes in Chapter 11: “The Clever Class”?

3. Who does Malala describe as "the Frontier Gandhi" that "introduced a non-violent philosophy to our culture" in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

4. About how many schools had been destroyed by the Taliban at the end of 2008?

5. Where did Sher Zaman take work when he did not attend college, according to Malala in Chapter 5 : “Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You”?

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