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I Am Malala Exam Questions And Answers
Who wrote the "I Am Malala"? - Answers✔Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
Location of the book/Setting - Answers✔Swat Valley in Pakistan
Protagonist - Answers✔Malala Yousafzai. She is the brave young Pakistani girl who simply
wants to receive an education.
Anatagonist - Answers✔Taliban and Maulana Fazlullah because they forbid Malala for her
campaign or speeches for women's rights to go to school.
Point of view - Answers✔1st person
Tone and Mood - Answers✔The first part of the memoir, when Malala is living happily in Swat,
attending school and remaining at the top of her class, has a much more lighthearted tone. The
tone and mood darken once the Taliban arrive to Swat Valley in 2007, and becomes much more
urgent as Malala and her father step up as activists.
Theme - Answers✔Standing up for what you believe is right even if you're the only one.
knowledge versus ignorance.
Major Conflict - Answers✔Though there are many struggles that accompany daily life in Swat,
the primary conflict is over the Taliban's occupation of Swat. The Taliban have banned girls'
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education, something Malala believes is invaluable. Not only does Malala want to continue
going to school, but she wants all other girls to receive an education as well, and throughout
the memoir she stands up against the Taliban to promote this.
irony - Answers✔Taliban wanting female teachers and doctors for women but not letting girls
go to school to qualify for these jobs.
What prize did she win? - Answers✔Nobel Peace Prize
Maulana Fazlullah - Answers✔Leader of the Taliban fighters who used the radio to instill fear in
the villagers?
Ziauddin Yousafzai - Answers✔Malala's father and role model, Ziauddin is an educated,
articulate, and charismatic man who passes on to his daughter a passion for freedom,
education, and equality.
Tor Pekai Yousafzai - Answers✔Malala's mother, Tor Pekai, is a loving parent,
What are the names of Malala's brothers? - Answers✔Khushal and Atal
Malka e-Noor - Answers✔Malala's classmate and "rival" for success in the classroom, Malka e-
Noor is as intelligent, or almost as intelligent, as Malala—yet she doesn't fight for education or
women's rights, as Malala does.
Benazir Bhutto - Answers✔1st female prime minister of (Muslim Country) Pakistan. She was a
role model for Malala
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I Am Malala Exam Questions And Answers
Who wrote the "I Am Malala"? - Answers✔Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
Location of the book/Setting - Answers✔Swat Valley in Pakistan
Protagonist - Answers✔Malala Yousafzai. She is the brave young Pakistani girl who simply
wants to receive an education.
Anatagonist - Answers✔Taliban and Maulana Fazlullah because they forbid Malala for her
campaign or speeches for women's rights to go to school.
Point of view - Answers✔1st person
Tone and Mood - Answers✔The first part of the memoir, when Malala is living happily in Swat,
attending school and remaining at the top of her class, has a much more lighthearted tone. The
tone and mood darken once the Taliban arrive to Swat Valley in 2007, and becomes much more
urgent as Malala and her father step up as activists.
Theme - Answers✔Standing up for what you believe is right even if you're the only one.
knowledge versus ignorance.
Major Conflict - Answers✔Though there are many struggles that accompany daily life in Swat,
the primary conflict is over the Taliban's occupation of Swat. The Taliban have banned girls'
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education, something Malala believes is invaluable. Not only does Malala want to continue
going to school, but she wants all other girls to receive an education as well, and throughout
the memoir she stands up against the Taliban to promote this.
irony - Answers✔Taliban wanting female teachers and doctors for women but not letting girls
go to school to qualify for these jobs.
What prize did she win? - Answers✔Nobel Peace Prize
Maulana Fazlullah - Answers✔Leader of the Taliban fighters who used the radio to instill fear in
the villagers?
Ziauddin Yousafzai - Answers✔Malala's father and role model, Ziauddin is an educated,
articulate, and charismatic man who passes on to his daughter a passion for freedom,
education, and equality.
Tor Pekai Yousafzai - Answers✔Malala's mother, Tor Pekai, is a loving parent,
What are the names of Malala's brothers? - Answers✔Khushal and Atal
Malka e-Noor - Answers✔Malala's classmate and "rival" for success in the classroom, Malka e-
Noor is as intelligent, or almost as intelligent, as Malala—yet she doesn't fight for education or
women's rights, as Malala does.
Benazir Bhutto - Answers✔1st female prime minister of (Muslim Country) Pakistan. She was a
role model for Malala
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