Define Me!
What is an epilogue?
A section of text added to the end of a book, after the main part of the narrative has ended.
What does the the Taliban do to Malala?
They find her on the school bus heading home and shoot her in the head.
Why did the Taliban shoot Malala?
The taliban wanted to stop her from spreading hope to young girls. They wanted to silence her.
Where did Malala give her speech?
At the United Nations
Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. What is it?
What is a fire?
What is a rhetorical question?
A question that the author does not know the answer to
What condition does Malala have after she was shot?
What is a traumatic brain injury?
Why was it challenging for Malala to write a memoir?
Due to her shooting, she was not able to remember everything that happened to her. She became confused at certain parts that she tried to remember.
Who are the Boko Haram and why did Malala bring attention to them?
A terrorist group in Nigeria, Africa who kidnapped many school girls and she wants to bring awareness to a similar situation.
What can you catch but not throw?
What is a cold?
What is a memoir?
Narrative written from the authors perspective
When Malala wakes up in the hospital in Birmingham, what physical challenges does she face?
She was seeing everything in double, voices were muffled, can't write properly, pain going through her head, and unable to lift her hand.
Why did Malala feel ambivalent towards Birmingham?
It is safe, orderly, and lovely in Birmingham, but she misses her home where there was more noise, gossiping, and liveliness outside her window.
What was the Syrian Refugee Crisis?
A civil war in Syria created the largest refugee and displacement crisis. My people were fleeing so that they would be safe. Children were mainly impacted.
Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside. What is it?
What is corn?
What is an advocate?
a person who publicly supports a particular cause
What questions or worries does Malala have while in the hospital?
Where was my father?, Who would pay for all this?, Why I have no father?, Who will pay for this?, If my father was safe, why wasn't he here? And where was my mother?, What had happened?, Where is aba, where is my father?
Why did Malala win the Nobel Peace Prize?
They recognized the work she had done for children's education.
Why would Malala write an epilogue for her memoir?
She wrote an epilogue to show the work that she was still doing for education and that the shooting didn't stop her from fighting.
I’m not alive, but I can die; I’m not solid, but I can melt. What am I?
What is ice?
What is Islam?
Islam is the religion Malala follows. There is one god (monotheistic), they use the quran as their holy word, and Muhammad is their prophet.
What does Malala feel she has lost because of the shooting?
She feels like she has lost her friends, her home, her school, and the feeling of being close to her culture.
After reading the book, and talking about loss, why do you think Malala names her memoir I Am Malala?
She wants to make sure that people realize that she is still the same Malala after the shooting.
Even after the shooting, how is Malala still the same girl?
She still loves learning, still close with her family, and wants to be a normal girl instead of the press being around her.
A king, a queen, and two twins are in a room. How are there no adults?
They are all beds