Chapter 6
Who said, "Don't speak that way." "God will be angry with you."
Who is Malala's mother.
Describe what Fazlullah's followers looked like and wore as stated in chapter 7.
Long hair and beards, dressed in black turbans and white shalwar kamiz clothing.
Malala's father replied to the Taliban the next day in a letter to the newspaper.
Finish the sentence: You can take my life, but please don't ___________________________________________.
You can take my life, but please don’t kill my schoolchildren.
In chapter 9, what announcement was made from the loudspeakers atop the mosque?
What is a curfew.
Use petty in a sentence of your own creation.
Both groups are known to fight over petty issues.
Provide the full name of the radio mullah.
Who is Maulana Fazlullah.
In what month and year did Fazlullah sign the peace agreement with the government
What is May 2007.
What decision did Malala's father make at Khushal school in terms of boys clothing?
They would no longer wear the uniform of shirt and trousers. They would wear traditional tunic and pants of the shalwar kamiz.
What is a year and a half.
Fill in the blank with the correct vocab word:
What is cower.
Specifically in chapter 6, what would Malala DO to try and listen in on the men's discussions without being noticed?
"We must live a full life, if only in our hearts."
Who is Malala's father.
Identify the first female prime minister of Pakistan AND explain where she has been this entire time before returning to Pakistan to run in that year's election.
Who is Benazir Bhutto, living in exile in the United Kingdom.
Identify the three types of attacks as stated in chapter 9.
Bombing
Shelling from helicopters and cannons fired from mountaintops
Machine Guns
Fill in the blank with the correct vocab word:
What is militant
How old was Malala when the 9/11 attacks took place?
She was 4 years old.
Fazlullah outlawed an old-fashioned children's game called Carrom. How do you play this game as explained in chapter 7?
Flicked disks across a wooden board.
Benazir Bhutto returned in October 2007. Her arrival was broadcasted on tv. How long was she in Pakistan for before she was killed by the Taliban?
Identify Malala's great new teacher and identify the three classes she is now taking in upper school.
Who is Madam Maryam.
Algebra, Chemistry and Physics.
What is the opposite meaning of ignorance?
What is knowledge, education, smartness, capability.
Specifically in chapter 6, what things were now forbidden according to the radio mullah? Identify at least 3 things.
All music was haram, he said, forbidden by Islam. Only his radio station was permitted. Men should grow their hair and beards long, not keep them short, in what he called the “innovative” fashion. And women, he said, should stay at home in purdah quarters at all times: They should go out only in emergencies and only wearing a burqa and only with a male relative.
Who drove Malala, her mother and siblings to Shangla and explain what happened on that car ride. What was Malala and her mother not wearing that brought shame according to the Taliban?
Malala's cousin drove them.
Her cousin ejected a cassette tape and had Malala's mother hide them in her handbag before they were searched by the two Talib men. The Taliban told them that they must wear a burqa.
The killing of women is prohibited by what code?
In 2008, how many schools did the Taliban destroy by bombing? During the month of Ramadan, what happened in Mingora because of Fazlullah's men?
200 schools.
No power or gas in Mingora. The men blasted the electricity grid and gas line.
Use haven and sanctuary in one sentence of your own creation.
After a long day of hiking through the wilderness, we finally found a peaceful haven, a secluded sanctuary where we could rest and recharge amidst the beauty of nature.