I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education

Based on paragraphs 16 through 23, the reader can conclude that —

• Malala believes the girls are safe

• something bad happens to Malala

• Malala recognizes the young men

• the girls on the bus distrust Malala

The author wrote her diary entries under a false name mainly because --

• She feared that her father would punish her for using her real name.

• She was too modest to use her real name.

• She did not want her friends to be envious of her.

• She feared that the Taliban would punish her for speaking out.

What edict or command did the Taliban force on the town that affected Malala and her friends?

• They would not allow any girl to go to school

• They forced all girls to study the Christian religion

• They forced all boys and girls to go to school

• They wouldn't allow young boys and girls to go outside without an adult

The passage discusses a series of events in Malala’s life. Mark the box that shows which cause led to each effect.

• Malala keeps (The world) . . . Malala’s father . (The Taliban) . . . The Taliban . (Many girls )

• Malala keeps (The Taliban) . . . Malala’s father . (The World) . . . The Taliban . (Many girls )

• Malala keeps (Many Girls) . . . Malala’s father . (The World) . . . The Taliban . (The Taliban )

Malala's father was watching a video where a teenage girl was being beaten by the Taliban. The reason she was being beaten was that she

• had come out of the house with a man that was not her husband

• was not wearing the proper burqa

• had been caught stealing bread for her family

Why didn't Malala's mother have the opportunity to be educated?

• She had no interest in getting an education

• The girls in her village did not go to school or learn to read

• She wanted to simply get married and raise kids

• Her parents didn't want her to

What is the name of the organization that decreed (announced) that girls in Pakistan were not to be educated?

• ISIS

• The Taliban

• jihad

• the BBC

What is the name of the Islamic fundamentalist group that banned girls from going to school?

• Al-Qaeda

• ISIS

• Hamas

• Taliban

What did Radio Mullah tell the girls in December 2008?

• They could no longer go to school.

• They had to wear pants from then on.

• They all had to be married by age 14.

• They had to cut their hair.

What did the Taliban say about girls going to school?

• Only to become doctors

• They can go

• Cannot go to school

• Only to become teachers