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I AM MALALA Study set Questions And
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In some countries, it is more difficult for ______ to attain a proper education. - Answers✔girls
Hindrances to people obtaining education are ______. - Answers✔poverty and no free public
education
social or religious norms
crime and other dangers
Malala and her family presently live in Pakistan. - Answers✔True
Malala lacks current technical and electronic skills. - Answers✔False; Malala does not lack
current technical and electronic skills.
Malala wants to return back to her hometown in Swat. - Answers✔True
Malala's father was also shot by the Taliban for having a girl's school. - Answers✔False; Malala's
father was not shot by the Taliban for having a girl's school.
Malala helps other cultures' refugees who have endured great losses from tyrants. -
Answers✔True
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Malala and her family met with President Obama and discussed the idea that the U.S.
government should send more troops to protect the Pakistani people. - Answers✔False; Malala
met with President Obama and discussed promoting education for all people in Pakistani.
Malala promotes the idea that education is the answer to eradicating terrorism. -
Answers✔True
Malala went to the Syrian border and saw refugee children without opportunities for
education. - Answers✔True
Malala said her school in England was easier than the school in the Swat Valley. -
Answers✔False; Malala said her school in England was more difficult than the school in the
Swat Valley.
Malala and her family had been threatened by the Taliban because they were involved in
educating girls in Pakistan. - Answers✔True
Which sentence or phrase in the text best relates to the figurative statement, I come from a
country that was created at midnight. (beginning of Prologue)? - Answers✔But my country is
centuries behind this one.
When Malala says that she was born at dawn and that this was an auspicious sign, auspicious
means _____. (Chapter 1, first paragraph) - Answers✔good
The streams stank in Swat, probably because of _____. - Answers✔lack of modern public
conveniences such as trash pickup
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Malala is named after ___. - Answers✔a famous Afghanistan heroine
In the first few pages of Chapter 1, Malala gives evidence that ______. - Answers✔her father
believes that she is destined to do great things
Malala describes how her father does not hold some of the traditional Pashtun or Moslem
beliefs. Which THREE are they? - Answers✔He did not have an arranged marriage.
He wrote how different religions do not conflict.
He celebrated the birth of his daughter
Malala gives a brief history of how her ancestors, the Yousafzai tribe, came to Swat Valley and
how in 1917 _____, the appointed ruler, brought peace to the area. - Answers✔Miangul Abdul
Wadood
Pakistan became an independent country in ______. - Answers✔1947
Swat Valley, Malala's home, became part of _____ in 1969 when Malala's father was born. -
Answers✔Pakistan
What is ironic about Malala's father? - Answers✔He stutters but wants to be a public speaker.
The Swat Taliban developed into an army and a political organization from foreign assistance
that had been given initially to stop the ______ invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. -
Answers✔Soviet
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I AM MALALA Study set Questions And
Answers
In some countries, it is more difficult for ______ to attain a proper education. - Answers✔girls
Hindrances to people obtaining education are ______. - Answers✔poverty and no free public
education
social or religious norms
crime and other dangers
Malala and her family presently live in Pakistan. - Answers✔True
Malala lacks current technical and electronic skills. - Answers✔False; Malala does not lack
current technical and electronic skills.
Malala wants to return back to her hometown in Swat. - Answers✔True
Malala's father was also shot by the Taliban for having a girl's school. - Answers✔False; Malala's
father was not shot by the Taliban for having a girl's school.
Malala helps other cultures' refugees who have endured great losses from tyrants. -
Answers✔True
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Malala and her family met with President Obama and discussed the idea that the U.S.
government should send more troops to protect the Pakistani people. - Answers✔False; Malala
met with President Obama and discussed promoting education for all people in Pakistani.
Malala promotes the idea that education is the answer to eradicating terrorism. -
Answers✔True
Malala went to the Syrian border and saw refugee children without opportunities for
education. - Answers✔True
Malala said her school in England was easier than the school in the Swat Valley. -
Answers✔False; Malala said her school in England was more difficult than the school in the
Swat Valley.
Malala and her family had been threatened by the Taliban because they were involved in
educating girls in Pakistan. - Answers✔True
Which sentence or phrase in the text best relates to the figurative statement, I come from a
country that was created at midnight. (beginning of Prologue)? - Answers✔But my country is
centuries behind this one.
When Malala says that she was born at dawn and that this was an auspicious sign, auspicious
means _____. (Chapter 1, first paragraph) - Answers✔good
The streams stank in Swat, probably because of _____. - Answers✔lack of modern public
conveniences such as trash pickup
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Malala is named after ___. - Answers✔a famous Afghanistan heroine
In the first few pages of Chapter 1, Malala gives evidence that ______. - Answers✔her father
believes that she is destined to do great things
Malala describes how her father does not hold some of the traditional Pashtun or Moslem
beliefs. Which THREE are they? - Answers✔He did not have an arranged marriage.
He wrote how different religions do not conflict.
He celebrated the birth of his daughter
Malala gives a brief history of how her ancestors, the Yousafzai tribe, came to Swat Valley and
how in 1917 _____, the appointed ruler, brought peace to the area. - Answers✔Miangul Abdul
Wadood
Pakistan became an independent country in ______. - Answers✔1947
Swat Valley, Malala's home, became part of _____ in 1969 when Malala's father was born. -
Answers✔Pakistan
What is ironic about Malala's father? - Answers✔He stutters but wants to be a public speaker.
The Swat Taliban developed into an army and a political organization from foreign assistance
that had been given initially to stop the ______ invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. -
Answers✔Soviet
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