I am Malala Questions Chapters 1-8
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Where was Malala born? - ✔✔Mingora, Pakistan
What place does Malala consider the most beautiful? - ✔✔Swat
What does Malala's father do when she was first born? - ✔✔told friends, threw dried
fruits, coins, & sweets into her cradle & added her to the family tree
What is the code of Pashtunwali? - ✔✔the way to give hospitality to all guests
Who was Malala named after? - ✔✔Malalai, a heroine in Afghanistan who was shot by
the British enemy.
Where did Malala live specifically? - ✔✔Swat Valley
Why did Malala contemplate her freedom growing up? - ✔✔Because the Taliban
thought women should not have equal rights
Why didn't Malala's grandfather like her name? - ✔✔meant "grief stricken"
Why did Baba starts calling his son a falcon? And why did Malala's dad reject this
name? - ✔✔Because though falcons can fly higher than other birds, they're cruel.
For what was Malala's grandfather Rohul Amin famous? - ✔✔Speeches
How did General Zia's reign in Pakistan change things? - ✔✔General Zia wanted to
make Pakistan a proper Muslim country and started with the following:
A women's evidence in court was valid only 1/2 of what a man's evidence would be.
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, Women could not open bank accounts without a man
Women's sports were banned
Around 1979-1980, why did the United States become involved in Pakistan's affairs? -
✔✔Pakistan began to treat people horribly by the use of threats and terror as well as not
giving women the right to do anything
Malala's father explained that the idea of jihad was so strongly encouraged at one point
that textbooks were...? - ✔✔donated to the United States
What did Malala's father receive from his father and then pass on to Malala? -
✔✔education, awareness of other's rights
Why did Malala's mother stop going to school? - ✔✔Because she thought there was no
point in continuing just to end up doing housework like cooking, cleaning, and having
children
Discuss specific ways Malala's aunts were treated differently than the men in the
family. - ✔✔weren't educated, didn't eat eggs nor cream with tea, only ate wings & neck
of chicken
What does Malala's father say is the root of all Pakistan's problems? - ✔✔A lack of
education
Why does Malala think her father became so generous? - ✔✔dislike of Baba's frugality,
didn't like how tight he was with money, wanted to give
Why were people optimistic after Benazir Bhutto was elected as the prime minister? -
✔✔Because student organizations which had been banned under General Zia became
very active once Bhutto, the first FEMALE prime minister came into office
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Where was Malala born? - ✔✔Mingora, Pakistan
What place does Malala consider the most beautiful? - ✔✔Swat
What does Malala's father do when she was first born? - ✔✔told friends, threw dried
fruits, coins, & sweets into her cradle & added her to the family tree
What is the code of Pashtunwali? - ✔✔the way to give hospitality to all guests
Who was Malala named after? - ✔✔Malalai, a heroine in Afghanistan who was shot by
the British enemy.
Where did Malala live specifically? - ✔✔Swat Valley
Why did Malala contemplate her freedom growing up? - ✔✔Because the Taliban
thought women should not have equal rights
Why didn't Malala's grandfather like her name? - ✔✔meant "grief stricken"
Why did Baba starts calling his son a falcon? And why did Malala's dad reject this
name? - ✔✔Because though falcons can fly higher than other birds, they're cruel.
For what was Malala's grandfather Rohul Amin famous? - ✔✔Speeches
How did General Zia's reign in Pakistan change things? - ✔✔General Zia wanted to
make Pakistan a proper Muslim country and started with the following:
A women's evidence in court was valid only 1/2 of what a man's evidence would be.
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, Women could not open bank accounts without a man
Women's sports were banned
Around 1979-1980, why did the United States become involved in Pakistan's affairs? -
✔✔Pakistan began to treat people horribly by the use of threats and terror as well as not
giving women the right to do anything
Malala's father explained that the idea of jihad was so strongly encouraged at one point
that textbooks were...? - ✔✔donated to the United States
What did Malala's father receive from his father and then pass on to Malala? -
✔✔education, awareness of other's rights
Why did Malala's mother stop going to school? - ✔✔Because she thought there was no
point in continuing just to end up doing housework like cooking, cleaning, and having
children
Discuss specific ways Malala's aunts were treated differently than the men in the
family. - ✔✔weren't educated, didn't eat eggs nor cream with tea, only ate wings & neck
of chicken
What does Malala's father say is the root of all Pakistan's problems? - ✔✔A lack of
education
Why does Malala think her father became so generous? - ✔✔dislike of Baba's frugality,
didn't like how tight he was with money, wanted to give
Why were people optimistic after Benazir Bhutto was elected as the prime minister? -
✔✔Because student organizations which had been banned under General Zia became
very active once Bhutto, the first FEMALE prime minister came into office
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