Malala Exam 2025 Questions and
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1. Explain at least three examples of how Malala's father broke from tradition before
and after she was born? - ✔✔Put Malala's name on the family treeAsked people to
throw dried fruits, sweets, and coins into her cradleInstead of pushing Malala to get
married, he pushed for her to get an education.
2. Why do so few people in Pakistan celebrate the birth of a baby girl? What is the
attitude of Malala's father toward the birth his daughter? - ✔✔Baby girls normally are
frowned upon because they are simply there to cook and have children, whereas a boy
carries on the name and is allowed to accomplish anything he to desires. For this
reason, many don't celebrate the birth of a girl. However, her father was happy she was
born, and he broke many traditions to celebrate her.
3. After whom is Malala named? Why is this significant? - ✔✔Malalai of Maiwand.
Malalai was a strong warrior who stood up for what she believes in, therefore Malala
being given this name is a slight foreshadowing into the rest of her future, even if her
father didn't know that at the time.
4. What are society's expectations of girls? What are the attitudes of Malala and her
father about the role of girls in society? - ✔✔Society's expectations of girls is to cook,
clean, and have children. Malala and her father feel that girls should be educated, and
that they have much more meaning to their life than to simply cook and have babies.
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, 5. Before she was shot, did Malala fear for her own life? Why or why not? - ✔✔Malala
did not fear for her life because she repeatedly said ""The Taliban have never come for a
small girl""(Yousafzai 7).
6. Why do you think the KPK is independent? Does this cultural and geographical
independence from the main part of Pakistan mean anything for the rest of Malala's
story? - ✔✔SWAT or KPK was once a part of the British colony (India). When the
British gave India their independence, the KPK went with Pakistan but stayed
autonomous politically. This independence from the main part of Pakistan might show
that since she is from an independent part of the country, Pakistan might not listen to
her complaints about education.
7. What did Alexander the Great do when he reached the Swat Valley? - ✔✔He came
into the valley with thousands of elephants and soldiers on his way from afghanistan to
the indus, then built a wooden ramp for catapults and arrows to reach the top of the
mountain, and finally, climbed up the mountain to catch the star of jupiter as a symbol
of his power.
8. What are the various religions that have "ruled" the Swat Valley? - ✔✔Buddhist,
Muslim, and Hindu.
9. It is important to note that Malala's early references to Pashtunwali explain a cultural
code of ethics that is separate from the actual religion of Islam, even though both had
tremendous influence in her formative years. She explains near the end of the chapter
that "like all Swati's I thought of myself first as Swati and then Pashtun, before
Pakistani." Explain the difference in the three terms and why she may have placed them
in this order of importance. - ✔✔At first she considered herself a Swati because that was
what the majority of people around them considered themselves. Gradually she grew
into herself, and became more aware of who she was becoming. She started to consider
herself Pashtun. I think that since she was able to identify herself she could call herself a
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Answers 100% Pass
1. Explain at least three examples of how Malala's father broke from tradition before
and after she was born? - ✔✔Put Malala's name on the family treeAsked people to
throw dried fruits, sweets, and coins into her cradleInstead of pushing Malala to get
married, he pushed for her to get an education.
2. Why do so few people in Pakistan celebrate the birth of a baby girl? What is the
attitude of Malala's father toward the birth his daughter? - ✔✔Baby girls normally are
frowned upon because they are simply there to cook and have children, whereas a boy
carries on the name and is allowed to accomplish anything he to desires. For this
reason, many don't celebrate the birth of a girl. However, her father was happy she was
born, and he broke many traditions to celebrate her.
3. After whom is Malala named? Why is this significant? - ✔✔Malalai of Maiwand.
Malalai was a strong warrior who stood up for what she believes in, therefore Malala
being given this name is a slight foreshadowing into the rest of her future, even if her
father didn't know that at the time.
4. What are society's expectations of girls? What are the attitudes of Malala and her
father about the role of girls in society? - ✔✔Society's expectations of girls is to cook,
clean, and have children. Malala and her father feel that girls should be educated, and
that they have much more meaning to their life than to simply cook and have babies.
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, 5. Before she was shot, did Malala fear for her own life? Why or why not? - ✔✔Malala
did not fear for her life because she repeatedly said ""The Taliban have never come for a
small girl""(Yousafzai 7).
6. Why do you think the KPK is independent? Does this cultural and geographical
independence from the main part of Pakistan mean anything for the rest of Malala's
story? - ✔✔SWAT or KPK was once a part of the British colony (India). When the
British gave India their independence, the KPK went with Pakistan but stayed
autonomous politically. This independence from the main part of Pakistan might show
that since she is from an independent part of the country, Pakistan might not listen to
her complaints about education.
7. What did Alexander the Great do when he reached the Swat Valley? - ✔✔He came
into the valley with thousands of elephants and soldiers on his way from afghanistan to
the indus, then built a wooden ramp for catapults and arrows to reach the top of the
mountain, and finally, climbed up the mountain to catch the star of jupiter as a symbol
of his power.
8. What are the various religions that have "ruled" the Swat Valley? - ✔✔Buddhist,
Muslim, and Hindu.
9. It is important to note that Malala's early references to Pashtunwali explain a cultural
code of ethics that is separate from the actual religion of Islam, even though both had
tremendous influence in her formative years. She explains near the end of the chapter
that "like all Swati's I thought of myself first as Swati and then Pashtun, before
Pakistani." Explain the difference in the three terms and why she may have placed them
in this order of importance. - ✔✔At first she considered herself a Swati because that was
what the majority of people around them considered themselves. Gradually she grew
into herself, and became more aware of who she was becoming. She started to consider
herself Pashtun. I think that since she was able to identify herself she could call herself a
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