I Am Malala Chapter Four

True or False. The earthquake on October 8, 2005, in Pakistan, turned out to be one of the worst in history.

• True
• False

True or False. Malala's city of Mingora was mainly spared from the earthquake, but Northern areas of Pakistan, including Shangla, were devastated.

• True
• False

Describe how Malala's mother reacted to the earthquake. What did she do?

What did Malala's family in Shangla think of the earthquake?

• They thought it'd be easy to rebuild after the earthquake.
• They could barely feel the earthquake.
• They thought it was a small earthquake.
• They thought it was the end of the world.

True or False. The Pakistan government did not try to help the Pakistani people after the earthquake.

• True
• False

What is the TNSM?

• The Pakistani army
• The Next Savior Method
• The New School Movement
• Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law, part of the Taliban

Which of the below tried to help after the earthquake?

• TNSM
• Americans
• the government
• militant groups like the TNSM
• all of the above

What did militant groups like the TNSM do after the earthquake?

• They led prayers and buried bodies, took in many of the eleven thousand orphaned children, and helped clear and rebuild destroyed villages.
• They took over Pakistan since it was in a weakened state.
• They stole items they found.
• They tore down anything in their path that the earthquake didn't destroy.

What happened to many of the orphans?

• Their extended families took them in.
• They moved to another country.
• Their extended families were not able to take them in, so they lived in fundamentalist madrasas.
• They built homes for themselves.

Mullahs from the TNSM preached that the earthquake was ________________.

• a scientific event.
• a warning from God.
• a significant weather crisis.
• a tragic event.