PEOPLE
Malala accused this person of stealing her toy cell phone.
Safina
"Inside the Khushal School, we flew on the wings of knowledge."
Is this phrase a simile, metaphor, or personification?
Metaphor
Who are Khushal and Atal?
Malala's younger brothers
In Pakistan, what was one of the only jobs that a woman could have?
Doctors because female doctors were needed to care for female patients.
Which character said, "We have known what it is like to be hungry...We must never forget to share what we have.”
Malala's mother
"We girls traveled far and wide inside the pages of our books."
Is this phrase a simile, metaphor, or personification?
Metaphor
This member of Malala's family created the Khushal School.
Malala's father
Explain the difference in celebrations when a girl is born in a Pakistani family versus when a boy is born.
Boys= guns are fired, gifts are given, the baby's name is inscribed on the family tree
Girls= No one visits/no celebrations
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So I guess you could say that when Khushal fights with me, I OBLIGE him. We argue over the TV remote. Over chores.
What is the meaning of "oblige"?
a. ignore
b. help
c. laugh
True or False: After the horrific natural disaster in October 2005, most of the help that Pakistan received came from the government and from Americans who had troops nearby in Afghanistan.
False. Militant groups like TNSM helped clear and rebuild destroyed villages, took in orphaned children, and provided volunteers and medical help.
"We ran as free as the wind."
Is this phrase a simile, metaphor, or personification?
Possible Answers: Simile or Personification
Malala had aunts, uncles, and cousins who lived in this mountain village.
Shangla
Name one major difference between life in the Shangla mountain village and life in Mingora/Swat Valley where Malala lived.
Possible Answers:no hospitals, universities/schools or markers, clothes are handmade, children often walk barefoot, no toys or books, no clean water or electricity
God, I said, you did not check with me before sending these two. You didn’t ask how I felt. They are quite INCONVENIENT sometimes, I told God. When I want to study, they make a terrible racket.
What is the meaning of "inconvenient"?
a. helpful
b. spoiled
c. troublesome
c. troublesome
Why was Malala in competition with Malka-e-Noor?
Malala was in competition with her for the award for being the top/smartest of their class.
My shoes are killing me.
Is this phrase an example of a hyperbole, personification, or simile?
Hyperbole
Name one thing Malala and her family did to help the poor families in their neighborhood.
Possible answers: They shared food, opened up their home for people to stay, and Malala's father allowed over 100 children to attend his school for free.
True or False: The Taliban forbade women in Afghanistan from laughing out loud and wearing nail polish.
True
A mufti came to Malala's home and tried to order Malala's father to close his school because girls were allowed to attend. What is a mufti?
An Islamic scholar
This individual ordered all Pakistanis to stop listening to music, going to the movies, and dancing because it was against the Islamic religion.
Radio Mullah
That test was a piece of cake!
Is this phrase an example of a hyperbole, idiom, or simile?
Idiom, the phrase means "very easy"
How did Malala's father respond when the mufti told him that he needed to stop allowing girls to attend his school?
He compromised by saying he would have the girls enter the school through a different gate than the boys.
What natural disaster ended up being one of the worst in history in Pakistan in October 2005?
An earthquake that was a 7.6 on the Richter scale
Radio Mullah declared that schools for girls were "haram". What does haram mean?
Prohibited in the Islam religion