Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
She began to go to school, she learned to read Urdu and start to read English - CORRECT
ANSWER - What did Malala's mother begin doing in the spring?
So if people were following him around, to kill him, they wouldn't know what school he was at -
CORRECT ANSWER - Why did Malala's father start changing his routine each day?
Dad's friend died (Zahid Khan), dad locked the doors and windows, teacher had nightmares
about her, she started to be spied on - CORRECT ANSWER - What details in this chapter
foreshadow Malala's shooting?
She was running late, her brother was picking on her, she took her exam, and was taking the bus
home - CORRECT ANSWER - How was the morning of October 9th just like any other
day for Malala?
During Exam Week - CORRECT ANSWER - When did Malala and her friends pray the
most?
The bus stopped and two men entered and asked for her by name...and she got shot - CORRECT
ANSWER - How did their day change?
Where was her father, and how would they pay the medical expenses. - CORRECT
ANSWER - What were Malala's two biggest concerns when she woke up in the hospital?
She could not speak because there was a tube down her throat, because the bullet almost affected
her brain, she couldn't see or write correctly - CORRECT ANSWER - Why was it difficult
for Malala to communicate her questions to the doctors and nurses at the hospital?
, At first she tried to write, but it didn't work. So then the nurse wrote teh alphabet and malala
could spell out the words - CORRECT ANSWER - How did Malala communicate with the
doctors when she first woke up?
She was the muslim chaplain who prayed with her in Urdu, and she also kept a journal for her
while she was in the hospital - CORRECT ANSWER - Who was Rehanna, and why was
she important to Malala?
Teddy bear and notebook - CORRECT ANSWER - What gifts did Dr. Fiona give Malala?
She wanted to know where her father was, what country she was in, how would they pay, where
were her family, where ws the green teddy bear, she wanted to floss - CORRECT
ANSWER - What were some of the problems and solutions Malala thought about while in
the hospital?
They both didn't want the other side of the line to be worried about the other - CORRECT
ANSWER - Why was Malala warned not to cry? Why would her father have been warned
not to cry?
She was interested and wanted to know exactly what had happened. Kind of like a scientist -
CORRECT ANSWER - How did Malala react to seeing herself for the first time after her
attack?
She wasn't sad or sacred, she was just happy to be alive and thankful - CORRECT
ANSWER - What was Malala's reaction to being told that she was shot?
She watched movies, and a little bit of TV - CORRECT ANSWER - Describe how Malala
stayed busy in the hospital as she waited for your parents.
The bullet hit her temple and traveled 18 inches down to her shoulder and the shock caused her
brain to swell so they took a piece of her skull and put it in her abdomen. Her kidneys and lungs
began to fail so she was in a coma for a week and that was when she was flown to england -