2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide FINAL PDF

2025 Catholic Schools Academic Junior High Decathlon Social Studies Individual Subject Test Study Guide Based on I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World Young Readers Edition By Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick Permission to copy for Academic Decathlon team and classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to Academic Decathlon team and classroom use only. 2025 Social Studies Individual Subject Test Study Guide Table of Contents Pages Introduction to the Study Guide 1–4 Character Map 4-5 Vocabulary and Review Questions 6 - 55 Section 1: Prologue and Part One (Chapters 1 - 5) 6 - 14 Section 2: Part Two (Chapter 6 - 10) 15 - 23 Section 3: Part Three (Chapters 11 - 19) 24 - 31 Section 4: Part Four (Chapters 20 - 23) 32 - 34 Section 5.A: Part Five (Chapters 24 - 29) 35 - 39 Section 5.B: Part Five (Chapters 30 - 36) 40 - 47 Section 6: Epilogue & A Time Line of Important Events 48 - 56 Practice Tests 57 - 79 Practice Test #1 58 - 68 Practice Test #2 69 - 79 Answer Keys 80 - 133 Character Map 81 - 83 Section 1: Prologue and Part One (Chapters 1 - 5) 84 - 91 Section 2: Part Two (Chapter 6 - 10) 92 - 100 Section 3: Part Three (Chapters 11 - 19) 101 - 107 Section 4: Part Four (Chapters 20 - 23) 108 - 110 Section 5.A: Part Five (Chapters 24 - 29) 111 - 115 Section 5.B: Part Five (Chapters 30 - 36) 116 - 123 Section 6: Epilogue & A Time Line of Important Events 124 - 131 Practice Tests 132 - 133 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Introduction Introduction to the Social Studies Individual Test Study Guide Resource Material The Individual Test in Social Studies will cover the material in the book I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition). This is an autobiography, written by Malala Yousafzai herself. This book tells the remarkable true story of a girl who knew she wanted to change the world - and did. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. So, she fought for her right to be educated. And after being shot for it, no one expected her to survive. Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. Malala's powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person—one young person—can inspire change in her community and beyond. A Note from the AJHD Study Guide and Test Writer I love being “in the know.” So, I was excited to hear this year’s Social Studies resource is a book about a current day hero. I have heard of this girl and her heroism, but did not really know her story until this year’s work on the Academic Decathlon tests. It was so eye-opening to read this story and learn a little more about this amazing young lady, who reminds us that being a girl who gets to go to school and excel at it, is actually a privilege many are not given. Using the Study Guide The Study Guide is divided into sections that match up with the “Parts” in the I Am Malala Table of Contents. With Part 5 being longer than the previous parts, it is divided into Section 5.A and Section 5.B. The Sections are as follows: Section 1: Prologue and Part One (Chapters 1 - 5) Section 2: Part Two (Chapter 6 - 10) Section 3: Part Three (Chapters 11 - 19) Section 4: Part Four (Chapters 20 - 23) Section 5.A: Part Five (Chapters 24 - 29) Section 5.B: Part Five (Chapters 30 - 36) Section 6: Epilogue & A Time Line of Important Events 1 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Introduction Citations Page numbers are included on the Answer Keys in parentheses for the Short Answer Questions and Practice Test questions. Students should refer to the citation on the answer keys and reread the text to resolve their questions regarding answers. The page numbers are based on the print version of the book listed on the AJHD Study Resources list. Please note that the page numbers may vary between the study guide and different print versions and electronic versions of the book. Vocabulary and Definitions Comprehensive lists of vocabulary words with their definitions for each section are included in the Answer Key section of the study guide. The vocabulary words are listed in order of their appearance in the book. This readily available list of defined words enables students to quickly know a word’s definition and thus maintain focus on the information being related in the text. Students are expected to know the definitions and concepts covered on the vocabulary lists. As an alternative to the completed vocabulary lists, a copy of the vocabulary words without definitions is included in the study guide before the review questions for each chapter. This gives the coach/teacher the option of using vocabulary from the book as homework assignments if being taught in a classroom setting. Definitions are derived from a combination of contextual content and dictionary definitions. Definitions were found on the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Section Review Questions There are questions that correspond to sections of the book. Review Questions may be answered from reading the text. Some questions require thinking and making inferences about the information found in the text. It is recommended that students print out a copy of the whole Study Guide that pertains to the information in the text. This packet, when completed with a student’s written answers, will be an invaluable study aid for the decathlon test. All questions have corresponding Answers (or Answers Keys) with suggested answers and page citations. Suggested answers to the questions are written to help students with insights. After composing and sharing their own answers, students may refer to the answer keys to compare their own answers and to discuss answers in depth. 2 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Introduction Practice Tests The optimal value of the Practice Tests is to assess whether or not a student has completed the required reading, and to what extent (how thoroughly). The tests focus on information from the book I Am Malala, Young Readers Edition. Practice Tests can help a student to see whether or not he/she is paying attention to details and text while reading. The two practice tests consist of 50 multiple-choice questions each in the same format as the questions on the competition test at the Academic Junior High Decathlon. Study the test results for areas that may need more review. Go back to the materials to better prepare for the day of the competition. Be aware that questions on the actual test will cover material from the book that may or may not be highlighted by the Study Guide (this packet). Students must read the book in order to excel in the competition! Tips for Studying Begin studying AJHD resource materials as soon as possible! Do not wait until the month before the test to begin studying. Read study materials for detail. Understand the concepts and important information. Review materials on a regular basis. Set up a quiet study area, without distractions. Create a graphic organizer or timeline, if appropriate to the materials. Create your own set of flashcards on index cards. Keep a set of flashcards handy to review materials while traveling to and from school. Become familiar with multiple-choice format tests. Try to write multiple-choice questions based on study materials. Learn, practice, and implement test-taking skills (e.g. - elimination, underlining key words in questions). Take the practice exams included in the study guides. Set a time limit for completing the test 3 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Character Map Character Map (from entire book) Use this character map to keep track of the important people introduced throughout the story. Character Name Connection to Malala Details/Notes (page introduced) Malala Yousafzai (1) Ziauddin Yousafzai (2, 12) Toor Pekai (2, 3) Atal (1, 4, 12) Moniba (5) Usman Bhai Jan (6, 157) Khushal (12) “mufti” (32) Radio Mullah / Maulana Fazlullah (39, 41) Madam Maryam (61) Ayesha (76) Sufi Mohammad (95) Sumbul (99) 4 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Character Map Character Name Connection to Malala Details/Notes Miss Ulfat (120) Malka-e-Noor (121) Zahid Khan (124) Kainat & Shazia (129, 162) Rehanah (134) Dr. Fiona Reynolds (136) Dr. Javid Kayani (134, 141) Fiona Alexander (146) Colonel Junaid (159) Gordon Brown (168, 189) Yma (169) Asif Ali Zardari (170) Ban Ki-moon (189) Mizune (200) Kailash Satyarthi (201-202) 5 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 1: Prologue and Part One: Vocabulary Section 1: Prologue and Part One (Chapter 1 - 5) Vocabulary List mosque - (3) chapati - (4) rubbish - (13) cardamom - (15) veranda - (16) FATA - (24) rupees - (26) Quran (Holy Quran) - (sometimes spelled Koran) (29) madrasa - (31) Allah - (33) 6 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary Section Review Questions 1. Keep a list of NEW foreign words for the section here (you will be asked to do this for each Section, so you need NOT repeat words that have already been introduced). Use context clues to write a simple translation. Look them up in the back of the book or online when necessary. HINT: the foreign words are shown in the text in italics. Urdu/Pashto Word English Translation (page number) shalwar (1) kamiz (1) Jani (2) Aba (2) pisho (4) dyna (6) Pashtunwali (code) (15) badal (15) parpartuni (15) purdah (17) niqab (17) burqas (17) sharia (31) mufti (32) maulana (32) 7 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 2. Use the space below to draw (and label where necessary/where it helps) Malala’s bedroom which she describes in the opening pages of the Prologue. 3. What is ironic about the way Malala feels about her home in Pakistan, compared to her home in Birmingham? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the home in Birmingham, England missing, according to Malala? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Compare what Malala’s father asked her each day after school in Pakistan and what he asks her now in England. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 6. What religion must Malala be if she is beckoned by the morning call to prayer from the mosque? __________________ 7. Describe Mingora city. ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What are three interesting facts about Malala that she reveals about herself in the opening statements of chapter 1? 1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________________ 9. What “facts” does Malala give about boys' backpacks and uniforms? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Complete the chart by answering questions about Malala’s name. Who was Malala named Although Malala doesn’t after? believe in fighting, like her namesake did, who does Malala fight with? What is ironic about Malala’s namesake? 9 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 11. What can you tell about Malala’s relationship with God when the reader gets insight into her prayers? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12. Do you have a sibling? Because this is a true story, how do you see the workings of a real sibling relationship in Malala’s relationship with her brothers? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 13. What are some games that Malala and her siblings play together? ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do a quick online search to find the rules and premise of the game Cricket. Do you think this would be a game you would enjoy? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. How did Malala’s father respond when he arrived home the day Malala was caught stealing from her friend, Safina? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 16. Explain in your own words, the meaning of the following quotation Malala’s father uses and how it pertains to Malala stealing from Safina. “A child is a child when he’s a child, even if he’s a prophet.” (15) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 17. Besides the alley, what was behind Malala’s house in Pakistan? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. Why did Malala desire to hang out with her father and his friends and other male family members more so than the children or women? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 19. Why didn’t Malala hang out with the women on the veranda or the kitchen for long? ________________________________________________________________________ 20. Complete the graphic organizers to show what jobs Malala was expected/allowed to pursue and which ones were prohibited. Permitted Jobs/Duties Forbidden Jobs/Duties for Women for Women 21. Describe what is added to the family tree with each new birth in a Pakistani family and how Malala’s father disagreed with this custom. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 22. Describe the school that Malala’s father founded. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 23. What does Malala’s father do for work? How has this affected Malala’s life? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 24. Complete a quick online search to discover what the Big Eid and the Small Eid are. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 25. What food might have been served at the feast when the Yousafzai family arrived to visit her relatives in Shangla, the mountain village where her parents grew up? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 26. Describe the way Malala lived while staying in Shangla. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 27. When Malala asked her father why life was so horrible for the women in Shangla, the mountain village where her parents grew up, what did her father tell her about? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 28. What did Malala bring her father to see at the trash dump? ________________________________________________________________________ 12 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 29. Would you describe Malala’s family as greedy or generous? Why? ________________________________________________________________________ 30. Complete the graphic to show how Malala’s mother and father took care of those in need in Chapter 2. Mother Father 13 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary 31. Describe the events at school on the day of the earthquake by answering the following question graphic. Were earthquakes expected After the teacher told in Malala’s region of the students to remain calm and world? assured that it would be over soon, what happened? Where (and why) did Malala What did the school do after find her mother when she the long earthquakes? returned home? 32. Complete the sentence: The earthquake made the country of Pakistan more ______________, which made it easier for someone with ____________________ to use the nation’s fear for his gain. 33. Who scowled at the girls as they entered the school each morning? What important part of the story did his man play? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 34. What was taught at Malala’s madrasa in the afternoons? ________________________________________________________________________ 35. Why was reading and books so important to Malala in a country where women’s rights are limited? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Vocabulary Section 2: Part Two (Chapter 6 - 10) Vocabulary List sermon - (40) charisma - (40) campaign - (43) ploy - (44) siege - (45) Bollywood - (46) cower - (47) edict - (48) flogging - (48) infidel - (49) cassette - (50) Kalashnikov - (50) petty - (54) curfew - (57) suicide bomber - (59) headmistress - (61) (the month of) Ramadan - (65) 15 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. Keep a list of NEW foreign words for the section here. Use context clues to write a simple translation. Look them up in the back of the book or online when necessary. Urdu/Pashto Word English Translation (page number) imam (39) mullah (40) haram (40) mushaira (52) 2. What messages was the mullah on the radio giving in Chapter 6? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Complete the graphic about the radio mullah by answering the two questions. Why did Malala’s father not like the mullah on Why did most the radio? people like the mullah on the radio? 16 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 4. What did Maulana Fazlullah use in his position as leader of the TNSM and his voice on the radio to accomplish? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe the final paragraphs of Chapter 6 and how you believe that will pave the way for the story of Malala. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the pair of synonyms in the following sentence: “The Radio Mullah continued his campaign against anything he deemed un-Islamic and Western.” ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe what Fazlullah’s followers/militants looked like in terms of dress and accessories. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What agreement did Fazlullah make with the Pakistani government, which was signed in May 2007? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe the political events that occurred near Malala’s tenth birthday. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 10. Who were Malala and the people of Swat angry with after Fazlullah’s declaration of war with the government? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11. What did Malala’s family do with their TV once the Radio Mullah told his listeners that movies and TV shows were forbidden? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. Complete the graphic by listing a few places that closed down once Tehrik-i-Taliban- Pakistan took control. 13. What announcements did the Radio Mullah start making about the school girls? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14. What was a “dark day” at the Khushal School? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. What scare tactic did Fazlullah use during his reign of terror after his men would kill “violators” of his edicts? ________________________________________________________________________ 18 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 16. What did Malala overhear her parents talking about in hushed voices and ask her father about after Fazlullah and the Pakistan Taliban took control of her region? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. What did the Talib who searched their car on their drive to Shangla tell Malala’s family? ________________________________________________________________________ 18. Explain the contents of the note on the school gate when Malala’s family returned home from their visit to Shangla, by answering the questions on the graphic. What complaints What threats were in were listed in the the note? note? 19. What was the main point of Malala’s father’s reply to the note which he published in the newspaper? ________________________________________________________________________ 20. What was meant by, “You have put the first stone in standing water” in response to father’s newspaper publishing? But what actually happened? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 19 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 21. What uniform changes did Malala’s father make after the threatening note was left on the school gates? ________________________________________________________________________ 22. Who returned to run in the election? Why does this give Malala hope? ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 23. How long did the hope of Benazir Bhutto running in the election last for Malala’s family and the people of Pakistan? ________________________________________________________________________ 24. What did the tiny voice in Malala tell her when she watched Benazir Bhutto die on the television? ________________________________________________________________________ 25. When Malala had the determination at only ten years old to find a way to fight for peace and democracy in Pakistan, what was her only experience in the public’s eye thus far? ________________________________________________________________________ 26. How did Malala feel when she was giving the interviews about girls’ education to the TV news channels Dawn and Khyber News? ________________________________________________________________________ 27. What fell from the sky during school the day that Malala realized that the army was coming to protect Swat from Fazlullah’s men? __________________________________ 20 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 28. What did Malala’s father find out - on the “peaceful” morning after the fighting between the army protecting Swat and the Taliban - when he went out to speak to the neighbors? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 29. Complete the graphic by connecting the fighting technique (top squares) to the groups (bottom circles) to show which technique was used by the ARMY and by the TALIBAN. BOMBING by SHELLING from MACHINE GUNS suicide bomber or helicopters and remote control cannons fired from Pakistani Pakistani Army Taliban 21 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 30. Complete the graphic by filling in a number in the “praying hands” about how many times a Muslim believes the Ayat al-Kursi prayer must be said for protection in each of the following areas. Protects your home from devils and any kind of danger Protects your neighborhood Protects your whole town 31. Why might school be closed during the war in Pakistan against the Taliban? _______________________________________________________________________ 32. What are some of the reasons why Malala loved the upper school headmistress Madam Maryam? _______________________________________________________________________ 33. Why was the suicide bombing in a building near Malala’s home especially tragic for the 55 people it killed? _______________________________________________________________________ 22 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 2: Part Two: Review Questions 34. Use the graphic to show how Malala defines TERRORISM by filling in the blanks. TERRORISM ______ all going to ______ at huddling with your around you night and not _________ in the knowing what center-most room in ___________ the your home because next day will bring you’ve all decided it’s the _________ place to be walking down your fear that when own _______ and your _________ walks out the door not knowing whom in the _________, you can ________ he won’t come back at ________ 35. What did Malala’s father reply when she asked one night after a bomb, “Are you scared now?” ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 23 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Vocabulary Section 3: Part Three (Chapter 11 - 19) Vocabulary List pseudonym - (77) accosted - (92) shuttle-cock burqa - (93) rickshaw - (98) IDP - (99) mishmash - (99) paratrooper - (100) torrential rains - (109) monsoon - (109) futile - (110) apartheid - (111) omen - (112) 24 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. Keep a list of NEW foreign words for the section here. Use context clues to write a simple translation. Look them up in the back of the book or online when necessary. Urdu/Pashto Word English Translation (page number) fahashi (75) sharia (90) pakha jenai (92) tapa (96) raakat nafl (108) mujahideen (110) 2. “And he (father) went back and forth to Islamabad and Peshawar, pleading with the government for help speaking out against the Taliban.” Identify the area of Swat on the map, and find and circle Islamabad and Peshawar on the map below. 25 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 3. What was the “plan” if the Taliban came to Malala’s house in the night while her father was away? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did Malala sound the day she spoke at her school’s peace rally? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What was Malala’s habit when she looked into the mirror? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why did Malala’s school friends say she was too hopeful? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why didn’t Madam Maryam’s younger sister Ayesha write her diary for the BBC? ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What was the pseudonym the BBC correspondent gave Malala? ___________________ 9. Why did father have a “knowing smile” when the school girls would talk about and share the BBC diary entries? ________________________________________________________________________ 26 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 10. Draw the outfit which Malala chose to wear when the uniforms were deemed too dangerous to wear for fear of the Taliban. 11. What news stories was Malala thinking about which almost made her turn back after leaving the house in her bright shalwar kamiz? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. What made Malala tell herself that she did not need to imagine danger where there is none? ________________________________________________________________________ 13. Who accidently exposed Malala’s identity as Gul Makai? __________________________ 14. What were the two groups of thought concerning Malala’s interviews on television? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 27 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 15. What was strange about the assignments that the teachers gave on the final day of school? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 16. What did the girls do on their last day of school once the final bell rang? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. Complete the aspects of Ugly Betty which Malala enjoyed watching. Why Malala enjoyed watching: 18. List a few phrases which Malala learned from the British comedy Mind Your Language. ________________________________________________________________________ 19. How did the boys' games change once the Taliban took control of Malala’s region? ________________________________________________________________________ 28 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 20. What was the agreement between the government and the Taliban that resulted in celebratory gun fire? ________________________________________________________________________ 21. What was expected of Malala if she wanted to go back to school once the Taliban and government agreed on a peace treaty? _______________________________________ 22. What could the writer of the tapa couplet poem never imagine? _______________________________________________________________________ 23. What could Malala not take with her to Shangla? What could Atal not take? _______________________________________________________________________ 24. What was different about Malala’s school in Shangla? What was different about Malala in the view of her schoolmates at Sumbul’s school that caused a bit of a shock? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 25. What painful lesson did Malala learn about Sumbul’s school expectations? How did it make her feel? ________________________________________________________________________ 26. While Malala and her family were in the mountain region, how did the battle in Mingora end? What fears did Malala then have? ________________________________________________________________________ 29 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 27. Compare Malala’s 11th birthday back in Mingora to her 12th birthday in Abbottabad in the graphic below. 11th Birthday 12th Birthday 28. Describe the condition of the school when Malala and her father returned to it after their time in Shangla and Abbottabad. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 29. What does Malala realize about her future career from her experience as she returns to the Kushal School? ________________________________________________________________________ 30. Complete the graphic by answering the following question. What were three of the nine resolutions and demands which the District Child Assembly Swat made to the community officials? Requests made by The District Child Assembly Swat: 1. _________________________________ 2. _________________________________ 3. _________________________________ 30 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 3: Part Three: Review Questions 31. List the devastation caused by the monsoon in the summer of 2010. 32. Why was Malala’s home safe in the monsoon flood waters? What building was not safe? ________________________________________________________________________ 33. In 2011, when Malala’s father received a threatening letter at the house, how did Malala feel about the “Strange Peace” that was mentioned at the beginning of Chapter 18? ________________________________________________________________________ 34. What was Pakistan’s National Peace Prize named after Malala became its first recipient? ________________________________________________________________________ 31 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 4: Part Four: Vocabulary Section 4: Part Four (Chapters 20 - 23) Vocabulary List wrath - (119) wretched - (119) vulgarity - (122) obscenity - (122) point-blank - (124) 32 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 4: Part Four: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. Note: there are NO new foreign words for this section. 2. What type of threat does Malala receive? How does she receive it? From whom is the threat received? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. When Malala’s father said the threat to her made him consider going into hibernation for a while and stopping their campaign, what were Malala’s thoughts? Complete the conversation bubble to show what she felt. 4. Why did Malala’s mother start visiting Miss Ulfat at school? _______________________ 5. Where do Malala and her class go on their field trip? _____________________________ 6. Who is Zahid Khan and what happened to him? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. What had Malala’s thoughts shifted towards in August of 2012? ________________________________________________________________________ 33 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 4: Part Four: Review Questions 8. Describe some of the bad omens, or signs, that Malala, her family, and/or her teachers experience. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. How did the morning start off on the second Tuesday of October 2012? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Who was supposed to be on the bus but was not on the day Malala was shot? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Describe the bus ride home the day Malala was shot. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 34 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.A: Part Five: Vocabulary Section 5.A: Part Five (Chapters 24 - 29) Vocabulary List excruciating - (139) grimaced - (145) brink - (155) hostel - (160) 35 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.A: Part Five: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. Keep a list of NEW foreign words for the section here. Use context clues to write a simple translation. Look them up in the back of the book or online when necessary. Urdu/Pashto Word English Translation (page number) khaista (161) 2. What happened when Malala tried to speak English when she awoke in her hospital bed? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. When she wakes again, what happens? What is she worried about? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the doctor tell Malala when she asks about her father? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe Malala’s mental state when she wakes up in the hospital. What is she confused about? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. What replaced the green teddy bear during Malala’s first days awake in the hospital? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 36 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.A: Part Five: Review Questions 7. What did Malala think about doing once she realized she wanted to call her family to make sure they were not worried about her? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is Malala most worried about her stay in the hospital, besides the safety of her family? ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Who was in the newspaper clipping that Dr. Fiona showed Malala? ________________________________________________________________________ 10. What good news does Malala receive on the phone call with her father? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. What were the black dots splattered on Malala’s temple and on her hand? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. How did Malala feel about her appearance? ________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why did Fiona Alexander, head of communications department of the hospital, come to visit Malala? _____________________________________________________________ 14. Why does Malala say she finally became friends with the clock? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. How did a nurse help to solve Malala’s double vision issue temporarily? ________________________________________________________________________ 37 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.A: Part Five: Review Questions 16. Explain how Dr. Fiona was added to Malala’s care team. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. Once moved to a room with a window at the hospital, what surprised Malala? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. What does Malala finally do when she sees her family for the first time? Why do you think she does this? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 19. In Malala’s first conversation alone with her father, what does he share? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 20. What question did her mother have for Malala when she saw Malala’s reflection in the mirror? _________________________________________________________________ 21. What rare gesture did her mother make as the helicopter carrying Malala flew over their street? ________________________________________________________________________ 22. What decision of Colonel Junaid saved Malala’s life? ________________________________________________________________________ 38 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.A: Part Five: Review Questions 23. Label the hospitals in order of Malala’s care treatment. Add details about medical care at each location. The transportation modes have been added for you near the arrows. 24. What were the big details in the statement which the Taliban issued after Malala’s shooting? a. __________________________________________________________________ b. __________________________________________________________________ c. __________________________________________________________________ d. __________________________________________________________________ 25. How were the other two girls who were injured in the bus doing by the time Chapter 29 ends? ________________________________________________________________________ 26. What was ironic about the Taliban shooting Malala to try to silence her? ________________________________________________________________________ 39 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Vocabulary Section 5.B: Part Five (Chapters 30-36) Vocabulary List physiotherapy - (168) attaché - (170) hobnobbing - (173) titanium - (174) cranioplasty - (174) cochlear implant - (175) tweed - (177) brogues - (177) 40 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. There are NO new foreign words for this section. 2. What did the postage dates let Malala realize about the letters Fiona Alexander delivered to her hospital room? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Who were some of the famous people who acknowledged Malala’s injury, and what did they do? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What made Malala feel less alone while in the hospital? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What would a successful facial nerve surgery allow Malala to do again? ________________________________________________________________________ 6. What was the first book Malala read after her shooting, as she healed in the hospital? Who was it from? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. What was now shocking when Malala looked through the pink notebook she first received when arriving in Birmingham? ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Describe the trip that Malala and her mother take to the Botanical Gardens. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 41 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 9. Who comes to visit Malala in the hospital? Why does he visit? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Where did Malala live after being released from the hospital? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. What did Malala notice about the people of Birmingham during her walks? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. What does Malala miss from Mingora? ________________________________________________________________________ 13. What did conspiracy theorists say about Malala? ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Who did Malala Skype with? What was the topic of conversation? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. What literary change do you notice as you begin Chapter 33? ________________________________________________________________________ 16. What is difficult about Malala’s family’s new living situation? ________________________________________________________________________ 42 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 17. Draw an image next to the character name of an item that "improved" the lives of Malala's family members after their move to Birmingham. Khushal Mother 18. Describe some of the people that fascinated Malala while walking through the shopping district in Birmingham. Why was this so surprising to Malala? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 19. What does Malala think is so interesting about her new school uniform and how each girl must wear it? ________________________________________________________________________ 43 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 20. Use the chart to compare the supplies in the classrooms in Pakistan and those in England. English Classrooms Pakistani Classrooms 21. What does Malala think about when she sometimes wishes she was back in her simple classroom in Pakistan? ________________________________________________________________________ 22. How does Malala feel she must behave now in England? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 23. List some of the things that keep Malala busy other than her school and family activities in England in the calendar graphic below. 44 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 24. Complete the comical sentence Malala writes about her relationship with her brother: “I may be an advocate for ___________________and human rights in public, but with my brother, I admit, I can be a _____________!” 25. What are the two things that remain the same in this “new world” in England for Malala? 1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ 26. What has Malala’s brave, proud Pashtun father taken on now that they live in England? ________________________________________________________________________ 27. Some people think Malala had been robbed of her childhood. Who does Malala think really is robbed of their childhood? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 28. Reread the quote below, then answer this question: What projects does Malala mention that the Malala Fund has achieved thus far? “They have already harmed me, leaving permanent scars. But out of the violence and tragedy came opportunity.” (187) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 45 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 29. In the graphic below, name the people who were in attendance when Malala spoke at the United Nations in New York City on her 16th birthday. 30. Write a few notes about Malala’s meeting with the following Americans. America Ferrara Jon Stewart President Obama 31. Why does Malala speak her mind when meeting President Obama? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 46 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 5.B: Part Five: Review Questions 32. Summarize Malala’s message in her speech to the United Nations. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 33. In our Christian Bible, it is said, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded;” (Luke 12:48). With what quotation does Malala reflect that same sentiment in Chapter 36? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 34. Explain in your own words with examples from the book, what Malala means in the closing sentence, “I am Malala. My world has changed, but I have not.” (193) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 47 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Vocabulary Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up Vocabulary List epilogue - (195) plight - (202) quarrelsome - (203) autonomous - (219) factions - (220) mediate - (220) cease-fire - (220) protégé - (222) coup - (223) sabotage - (225) nonproliferation - (227) incursion - (233) anonymously - (233) 48 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions Section Review Questions 1. When was the Epilogue written in relation to the shooting? _______________________ 2. What are some of the things that don’t feel real, which make Malala feel like she needs to pinch herself? 3. What change does Malala claim is the “most astonishing change” and which is the “biggest change of all” in the Epilogue? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do Malala’s friends in England complain about, which makes her laugh? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why is Malala still in a lot of danger and cannot go back to Pakistan? ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why does Atal make the whole family laugh so much? Other than this book, how does the world know about this? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 49 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 7. Even though Malala is shy about films focusing on her life, why does she support it? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Describe the day that Malala learned she had won the Nobel Peace Prize. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. What cannot replace the sense of your true home, in Malala’s words? ________________________________________________________________________ Use the TIME LINE (pages 219 through 235) to answer questions #10 through #32. 10. Which country often conflicts with Pakistan in modern history? ____________________ 11. Answer the questions around the map. 1. Who ruled the area of Pakistan and India when it was Colonial India? ____________________ 3. What area was between the Muslim regions of East and West Pakistan? ___________________ 4. Which region did Swat join? _______________________ 2. When Colonial India was split, what was the determining factor for the division lines? ____________________ 50 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 12. Complete the event question timelines to help you focus on the important historical events surrounding Malala’s homeland’s history. 1947 - 1948 During the First Leader is Hindu, The rebels are Indo-Pakistani but majority supported by War, what population is ____________ princely state Muslim. _______, so tries to remain This leads to leader asks independent? internal ________ for _________. armed assistance. Why did his The founder Who called death come at of Pakistan, for a cease a bad time? __________ fire? _________, died shortly after the First Indo- Pakistani War. 51 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 1951 - 1958 In 1951, what Who was the How did Liaquat position was more first prime Ali Khan try to powerful than the minister of stabilize the governor general Pakistan? country? after Pakistan’s independence? What does Who takes Instead of this this lead to in control of helping, what terms of Pakistan in happens “leadership in 1958? How? next? times of political uncertainty”? 1965 What is the Who backs Who mediates conflict in 1965 the United the called? Nations resolution? resolution Which nation with promises does it favor? of no weapon sales? 52 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 13. What about Ayub Khan’s leadership causes his decline in popularity and his resignation? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Who takes over, leading to the Martial Law declaration in 1969? ________________________________________________________________________ 15. In what year were the first national elections held in which every citizen could vote in Pakistan? ___________ 16. How did the elections of 1970 lead to fighting? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. Who becomes the first elected prime minister of West Pakistan (now just Pakistan)? How do the people feel about him? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. What was happening in Afghanistan in the late 1970s and who was involved? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 19. How and when is Benazir Bhutto elected prime minister? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 53 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 20. What caused a state of emergency to be declared in 1990? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 21. How does Benazir Bhutto establish her second government? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 22. Where does the Taliban first take hold in Afghanistan? How does Bhutto feel about them? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 23. What happens to Benazir Bhutto’s second government? ________________________________________________________________________ 24. What scary events occurred in 1998 that could affect the entire world? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 25. What leads to Benazir Bhutto’s exile? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 26. What happens when Nawaz Sharif decides to replace General Pervez Musharraf? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 54 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 27. What stance does Pakistan take in regards to the 9/11 attacks on the United States? ________________________________________________________________________ 28. What becomes an issue with Pakistan’s borders after 9/11? ________________________________________________________________________ 29. What is FATA and how does it affect America's efforts in Pakistan? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 30. What two devastating events in Pakistan, one natural and one man-made, occurred in 2005? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 31. What does the Time Line help the reader understand? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 32. What do you think is Malala’s most important characteristic? ________________________________________________________________________ 33. How does Malala’s courage mirror that of her father’s? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 55 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Section 6: Epilogue, A Time Line of Important Events and Wrap-Up: Review Questions 34. By writing this very personal story—and sharing details that place the reader inside her everyday life—does Malala increase your concern about the fate of women in South Asia and the Middle East, and even bigger, about girls worldwide, getting an education? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 35. How do the fates of Malalai of Maiwand and Benazir Bhutto foreshadow Malala’s fate? (You may need to do a little online research) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 36. Although all Muslims adhere to basic tenets of the faith, they—like Christians, Jews and religious groups everywhere—disagree among themselves. What are some examples from the book of ways in which Muslims approach things differently? Were you surprised about the range of behaviors and views that Muslims hold? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 56 PRACTICE TESTS 57 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 IT Social Studies – Practice Test #1 1. What building, close to Malala’s heart, was hit hard by the monsoon of the summer of 2010? A) The Red Mosque B) The White Palace, where they took field trips each spring C) Khushal School D) The Yousafzai home E) The Mingora Library 2. Why did Malala and Moniba often stay for the later bus? A) because they were still studying B) so they could work with a tutor at school C) to eat lunch together D) so they could chat longer E) to spend time in the school library 3. What can Malala hear when imagining her bedroom in Mingora? A) her brothers fighting B) her friend tapping on the wall C) the hum of the bazaar D) the kids playing cricket in the alley E) All of the above 4. What did Malala’s father not like about the film crew’s plan to document Malala’s last day of school? A) They asked too many personal questions. B) They interviewed Atal and Kushal without his permission. C) They wanted to film in Malala’s bedroom. D) They asked her father and mother to provide food for the whole crew, which was out of the family’s budget. E) They began filming at their house, even before her school day started. 58 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 5. What did the banners say that were strung up in the Mingora marketplace after the Radio Mullah began his broadcasts? A) No Bargaining, No complaining B) Women must wear full burqas C) Pay tariff to Fazlullah at front D) Women not allowed E) “No school for girls!” as part of Fazlullah’s campaign advertisements 6. What did Malala’s father tell her we find again in each morning light? A) our courage B) our God C) our purpose D) a new start E) a new problem to solve 7. What did Fiona Alexander bring to Malala’s hospital room on the Eid ul-Azha holiday? A) a camera B) a big bag of get-well cards from all over the world C) a journalist from the Nobel Peace Prize Foundation D) a box of tissues E) decorations 8. After their time as IDPs, what was the first thing that Malala’s brothers looked for when they were able to return home? A) their cricket ball B) their comic books C) their pet chickens D) if their room was messed up E) their video games 9. What did Malala ask God for the night after she found the children digging in the dump? A) food for all the hungry B) to win prize money to help the poor C) that her father would allow them to attend Kushal School D) for a solution to homelessness E) for strength and courage to make the world a better place 59 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 10. Where did Malala’s father plan to travel to urge the government to help protect its citizens? A) Rawalpindi B) Shangla C) Peshawar D) Islamabad E) Mingora 11. What did Malala bring to the park when she met Moniba in Abbottabad? A) her new puppy, Biscuit B) a small cake to share C) her most recent test which she earned 100% D) Pepsi and biscuits E) a beautiful gem she found in Shangla 12. What did Malala’s brothers point out during the winding bus ride to Shangla, the mountain village where her parents grew up? A) fascinating animals B) roadkill C) the road sign which signals that they were almost there D) a scary cave which the boys thought was haunted E) wrecked vehicles 13. In addition to interfering with health care and speaking out against the girls’ school, who else did the Radio Mullah threaten? A) barbers who offered Western haircuts B) doctors who treated women C) music stores D) All of the above E) Both (A) and (C) 14. What did the New York Times documentary about Malala teach her? A) how powerful the media can be B) that there are many other areas of the world where girls education is banned C) how one dollar could make a big difference D) how there was power in a joint goal E) Malala never actually watched the documentary 60 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 15. How old was Malala when the 9/11 attacks happened? A) She was not born yet. B) barely one week old C) 4 years old D) 6 years old E) the book did not mention her age at that time 16. What did the surgeons discover while doing the facial nerve surgery? A) that there was still brain swelling B) they were unable to repair the nerve C) pieces of the bullet D) an eardrum had been shattered E) that her brain injury had healed better than they expected 17. Why did Malala blink when she woke up in a hospital bed in Birmingham? A) because she was seeing double B) her eyes were itchy C) the light was too bright D) she couldn’t believe all the medical machinery E) it was her way of communicating 18. What everyday word could Malala not remember in the hospital? A) mirror B) bathrobe C) floss D) towel E) tissue 19. Of the over 8,000 letters and parcels sent to Malala at the hospital, which did Malala consider the most precious of all? A) a parcel from Benazir Bhutto’s children, which contained two of her scarves B) a letter from Shazia, who had also been shot on the bus with Malala C) candies that Atal and Khashal picked out and mailed her before they could travel to her D) a handmade teddy bear from her mother E) a letter from Selena Gomez 61 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 20. How did Malala’s plans for her future change after her family returned to Mingora following their time in Shangla and Abbottabad? A) from a lawyer to a doctor B) from a doctor to a lawyer C) from a doctor to a political leader D) from a librarian to a teacher E) from a teacher to a political leader 21. Why did Dr. Javid request that Dr. Fiona be added to Malala’s care team? A) She knew the Urdu language, so she could communicate with Malala. B) She was a specialist in children’s emergency care. C) She was a Muslim and knew the customs and expectations. D) She was Dr. Javid’s wife and they did most of the medical traveling together. E) She specialized in gunshot wounds. 22. What happened on the day that Malala arrived home before her brothers and was excited to watch Shararat? A) Her house had been robbed. B) There had been a small kitchen fire. C) The power was out again. D) Fazlullah switched off all the cable channels. E) Her father had sold the TV to pay his teachers at the school. 23. Despite her fears, why did Dr. Fiona decide to accompany Dr. Javid to help Malala? A) She found out Malala was from Swat, very near her hometown. B) She was offered a large sum of money from the Pakistani government. C) She was promised extra security on her travels. D) This surgery would count towards her additional doctorate in pediatric phrenology. E) She had found out that Malala campaigned for girls’ rights. 24. What happened in Nigeria, which caused the Malala Fund to begin work there? A) girls were killed for going to the Mosque B) a famine C) a flood followed by a famine D) schoolgirls were abducted E) the Taliban took control 62 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 25. Who comes to stay with Malala’s family during holidays in Birmingham? A) Kainat B) Shazia C) Hina D) Both (A) and (B) E) Both (A) and (C) 26. What happened to the green teddy bear which was by Malala’s side the first days in the hospital? A) It was replaced by a pink teddy bear, once the hospital discovered it was Malala’s favorite color. B) Malala had given it away, but forgot that she did so. C) Malala moved him up to a shelf to keep him safe. D) She realized it wasn’t a bear, but instead a fox. E) It was never green to begin with. 27. How did Malala and her brother know if the fight was near or far from their house? A) by the length of the echos B) whether or not the power stayed on C) how violently their walls shook D) The distance was inversely proportional to the speed mother would come running to check on them. E) She and her brothers stopped taking notice as the fighting happened so frequently. 28. What is one of the most important parts of the code of Pashtunwali? A) modesty B) honesty C) knowledge D) wealth E) hospitality 63 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 29. What job was Malala chosen for when she participated in the District Child Assembly Swat? A) president of the club B) speaker C) secretary D) treasurer E) representative of the house 30. Why did Malala feel like New York City was like an old friend on her first visit in 2013? A) She had read so many books about America. B) It was just as her mother told her it would be. C) She saw it on a television show. D) Her father had described the city perfectly from his previous visits. E) It was much like Birmingham. 31. What memory did Malala connect with as she was giving speeches to an imaginary crowd in the mirror? A) talking to her stuffed animals B) making her friends listen to her pretend speeches C) doing her fake cooking shows while cooking alone in the kitchen D) singing to the radio when no one was listening E) giving lectures in an empty classroom 32. What shattered the hope for Benazir Bhutto’s return to political power in Pakistan? A) She was assassinated. B) The Taliban publicly forbade a woman in office. C) She changed residency to England, after her many years in exile there. D) She gave up her Pakistani citizenship in a public ceremony. E) Her husband decided he didn’t support her campaigning for the position. 33. When Fazlullah’s men started persecuting people for disobeying him, what was a common phrase shouted during the lashings which means God is great? A) Allahu akbar B) anth bhala Toh sab Bhala C) sukoon araam D) Salam Alaikum E) Main theek hoon 64 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 34. What role did Malala’s father play at the school which he founded? A) principal and accountant B) handyman/chief mechanic C) janitor D) teacher E) All of the above 35. What sound was NOT used when describing the earthquake hitting Shangla? A) reciting of the Holy Quran B) roar of rocks sliding down hills C) nervous chirping of birds D) roofs crashing down E) howls of goats and buffalo 36. Why did Malala have to take the GCSE? A) It was a medical assessment to test her brain health. B) This medication would help to strengthen her skull tissue. C) In order to move from one country to the next without as much trouble, the GCSE would allow her to travel more smoothly. D) It was an exam she needed as she plans to continue her education after High School. E) All Muslim girls must take the GCSE before they turn 16. 37. What was Malala’s father’s new job in Birmingham? A) Superintendent of Girls High School B) Attorney General of Education C) Student Aid Department attaché D) Pakistan’s educational attaché E) Remote Education Consultant 38. What did Malala dread after getting caught stealing Safina’s jewelry? A) the lashings she would receive for theft B) the embarrassment of returning the necklace C) her brothers chants of “perfect Malala not so perfect” D) her father’s disappointment E) her mother’s punishments of chores in the kitchen 65 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 39. How many shots were fired at Malala? A) one B) three C) seven D) ten E) nineteen 40. What was the humorous sign that life was getting back to normal for Malala during her recovery? A) her worrying about school exams B) her worrying about her trophies at home becoming dusty C) her brothers were driving her crazy D) asking for her mother’s homemade rice cakes E) her concern over her frizzy hair 41. What was NOT something Malala saw when the nurse brought her the requested mirror? A) half her head was shaved B) huge bruise and stitches dotted her left eyebrow C) left corner of her mouth turned down in a frown D) a lump on the right side of her neck E) swollen face the size of a melon 42. What was Malala’s favorite TV show when she was younger, Shaka Laka Boom Boom, about? A) a group of unicorns who attend a school B) a basketball player who was secretly pursuing his upper education degree C) a boy with a magic pencil D) a genie who grants wishes, but often they are studious wishes E) a group of adults who are learning English 43. Complete the analogy concerning the birth of a baby in Pakistan. baby boy : celebration :: baby girl : ____________ A) burden B) secretive C) danger D) sympathy E) more costly religious rituals 66 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 44. What was the chilling sound which Malala heard from her home when Sufi Mohammad came to their town to give a speech? A) the hum of voices chanting Taliban songs B) the lashings of innocent people C) death threats to her and her family D) shooting of guns into the air E) voices shouting “Surat al-Fatiha" 45. Outside of Malala’s family, who was the first to guess the correct identity of Gul Makai? A) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari B) Hina, from a younger grade at school C) Kainat, who rode the bus with Malala each day D) Moniba, Malala’s best friend E) Safina, Malala’s friend next door 46. What was the last thing Malala thought about before getting shot? A) her father’s bravery B) her mother’s smile C) her brothers not having an older sister to protect them D) coming in first in her class E) her exam the following day 47. What was unique about the women during their time on the veranda and in the kitchen during their get-togethers at Malala’s home? A) They would sing songs that were normally not allowed. B) They would be free to dance to music. C) They would use words Malala had never heard. D) They spoke of their lives negatively, but only to one another. E) Their headscarves and veils were gone. 48. What was the first scary event that happened when the militants took an active stance against the government? A) They held hostages in women’s madrasa, lasting many days and ending in many deaths. B) They burned down the city of Rawalpindi. C) They surrounded a school for girls. D) They assassinated two Pakistani officials. E) There were explosive devices found around the city of Mingora. 67 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #1 49. At what age is a girl considered an adult in Malala’s culture? A) 12 years old B) 14 years old C) 16 years old D) 18 years old E) 21 years old 50. What were the Taliban and al-Qaeda doing after the attacks on 9/11 which set the United States in a war against them? A) threatening democracy in the Middle East B) killing innocent civilians C) threatening government officials of many different countries within the Middle East D) looking into nuclear weapons E) protecting Osama bin Laden 68 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #2 IT Social Studies – Practice Test #2 1. What activity did some of the children do, which Malala compared her future to, simply because she was a girl? A) flying kites; seeing them cut down and sputter to the ground B) baseball; just running in circles and ending up at “home” C) cricket; with the ball getting lost so frequently D) Marco Polo; always calling out but feeling blind E) swimming; a lot of movement for little progress 2. To where was Malala’s first outing outside the hospital in Birmingham? A) Birmingham Museum of Art B) McWane Science Center C) a small coffee shop D) the Birmingham Botanical Gardens E) Both (C) and (D) 3. What compromise did the elders and mufti come to with Malala’s father about the girls’ high school? A) that the uniforms would need to change B) that the girls would need to wear veils the entire day C) that the girls would enter from a different gate than the men D) that the day would be shortened E) that the girls would only be taught by female teachers 4. How was the note signed that was on the school gates when Malala’s family returned home from their visit to Shangla? A) The Elders of the Red Mosque B) President Asif Ali Zardari C) Fedayeen of Islam (devotee of Islam) D) Maulana Fazlullah E) It had no sender/writer named. 69 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #2 5. What did Malala’s father finally begin to learn when he met with the important Pakistani minister after Malala’s time in the hospital? A) Speak softly but carry a big stick. B) The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint. C) Conversation is the image of the mind. D) Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. E) Saying nothing speaks just as loudly. 6. Why did doctors need to remove a part of Malala’s skull? A) to remove the bullet B) to drain excess blood C) to piece it back together straight D) to allow her brain to expand while swollen E) it was shattered 7. What did Malala focus on if she watched her interviews on television early on in her campaign, before the shooting? A) the sound of her voice B) her veil often being crooked C) her appearance D) her eye contact with the interviewer E) She refused to watch her interviews. 8. Which of the following was NOT something which Malala and Moniba would do on the bus ride to and from school? A) play a game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe B) chat about face cream C) discuss who would get the highest marks this term D) gossip about the bald teacher E) sing with the rest of the girls on the bus 9. What did the doctors do in order to prepare Malala to fly to England for better care? A) re-bandaged her head and shoulder B) said a Muslim prayer over her C) rehydrate her system for the flight D) submit her passport information to the hospital in England E) put her in a coma 70 2025 IT Social Studies Study Guide Practice Test #2 10. What did the note from the Army left in her father’s office at the school say? A) They prayed for the school each day while they stayed there. B) The soldiers’ lives which were lost was due to Mingora’s citizens' negligence. C) It blamed the people of Swat for allowing the Taliban to take control. D) Mingora will see a horrible fate due to its Western ways. E) Both (B) and (C) 11. Complete the saying concerning badal: one __________ must be answered by another, one _________ by another, and on and on it goes. A) insult, death B) favor, word of gratitude C) slap, apology D) handshake, compliment E) question, comment 12. What does Malala do with her prize money when she wins any? A) donates to the hospital in Birmingham that helped her B) sends it to Swat to help adults buy small businesses C) sends it to Swat to help children go to school D) saves it for university E) Both (B) and (C) 13. A week after Malala returned from the education conference in Lahore, what award did she

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