Vocabulary
A vehicle with 3 wheels that is used to transport items.
What is a rickshaw?
________ was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in A.D. 570.
Who is Mohammad?
Mingora, Pakistan
What is the setting of the book?
The edict banning women from going to school or being in public without a male relative.
a. sharia
b. purdah
c. shalwar kamiz
d. haram
What is sharia?
After reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she decided the ___________ of the story was "there will always be hurdles in life, but if you want to achieve a goal, you must continue".
a. setting
b. plot
c. theme
What is the theme of the Wizard of Oz?
The holy book of the Islam religion.
What is the Quran?
Men and women do this separately.
What is pray?
She was the first female prime minister of Pakistan.
a. Malala
b. Benazir Bhutto
c. Patricia McCormick
d. Malka-e-Noor
Who was Benazir Bhutto?
Madam Maryam and Malala's father did this even though he received death threats.
a. closed Khushal school immediately
b. worked with their students planning essays and speeches.
c. planned an attack on the Taliban
What is worked with their students planning essays and speeches?
“I woke up on 16 October to a lot of people standing around looking at me. They all had four eyes, two noses. and two mouths. I blinked, but it did no good. I was seeing everything in double.” is this type of conflict.
What is man vs self?
_________ is a religious leader.
a. shalwar?
b. burqa?
c. mullah?
d. pisho?
What is a mullah?
__________ is the Muslim word for God.
a. ullah
b. allah
c. mullah
d. imam
What is allah?
Chapati and Cricket
a. parts of Malala's culture
b. games Atal and Khushal would play
What are parts of Malala's culture?
Malala's fake name.
a. jani
b. pisho
c. Gul Makai
d. Moniba
What is Gul Makai?
Malala wants to be known as
a. the girl who wrote a book
b. Gul Makai
c. the girl who fought for education
d. the girl who was shot by the Taliban but survived
What is the girl who fought for education?
A ___________ is someone who does not believe in violence or war.
a. imam?
b. pisho?
c. pacifict?
d. mullah?
What is a pacifist?
There are _____________ branches in the Islam religion.
What are two?
The Radio Mullah described the earthquake as
a. a blessing from God
b. a warning from God
c. purdah
d. sharia
What is a warning from God?
Malala wrote a diary so that
a. people in the world would know what was happening to women in Pakistan
b. so she could be famous and rich
c. to help only the people in Swat
What is people in the world would know what was happening to women in Pakistan?
On Malala's 16th birthday ___________
a. she went to New York to celebrate
b. she was invited to speak to the United Nations
c. she was released from the hospital
What is she was invited to speak to the United Nations?
To be sent away from your homeland.
a. exile
b. hospitality
c. sharia
d. purdah
What is exile?
____________ means "one god".
a. polytheism?
b. monotheism?
c. ditheism?
What is monotheism?
Candy falling from the sky is an example of _______.
a. irony
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. metaphor
When Malala and her family returned to their home, they discovered
a. nothing had been touched
b. the city looked like a war zone
c. another earthquake had hit
What is nothing had been touched?
“I had once asked God to make me taller. I have realized that God has answered my prayer. God has made me as tall as the sky.” This is an example of
a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
What is a simile?