I Am Malala Quizzes

I Am Malala Quiz 1

1 In which year was Malala born?
2000

1995

1987

1997
2 In what country was Malala born?
Pakistan

India

Bangladesh

Afghanistan
3 Malala's family are...
Pashtun

Punjabi

Kurdish

Kashmiri
4 What is Malala's father's name?
Zahid

Ziauddin

Zia

Muhammad
5 Who was Malalai, Malala's namesake?
her father's first schoolteacher

the first female leader of Pakistan

her grandmother

a Pashtun heroine
6 Malala was born in which city?
Islamabad

Peshawar

Karachi

Mingora
7 What is Malala's middle brother's name?
Zahid

Khan

Kushal

Atal
8 What is Malala's youngest brother's name?
Kushal

Khan

Atal

Zahid
9 In which country did Malala's grandfather study?
India

USA

Afghanistan

China
10 What is Malala's mother's name?
Maryam

Benazir Bhutto

Tor Malalai

Tor Pekai
11 Which ruler campaigned for the Islamisation of Pakistan in the 1970s?
General Fazlullah

General Zia

General Khan

General Bhutto
12 What does Malala call her grandfather?
Papa

Babi

Baba

Aba
13 What did Malala's father name the school that he founded?
The Atal School

The Khan School

The Kushal School

The Malala School
14 Which event does Malala say changed her valley forever?
The Cuban Missile Crisis

September 11, 2001

The death of General Zia

The Iranian Hostage Crisis
15 Which group had brought about immense hardship in Afghanistan?
al-Qaeda

the Taliban

ISIS

ISI
16 Malala's father constantly said "Malala is free as a..."
bird

sparrow

butterfly

hawk
17 During which holidays do Malala and her family travel to the family's small village to celebrate?
Passover

Christmas

Ramadan

Eid
18 Who is Malala's best friend?
Moniba

Malka-e-Noor

Maryam

Shiza
19 Which general took power in Pakistan shortly after Malala's birth?
General Musharraf

General Zia

General Khan

General Fazlullah
20 Which other girl got Malala in trouble for stealing?
Maryam

Shiza

Safina

Moniba
21 Malala desperately wanted her father to give free places at school to children she saw where?
on the school's roof

at the rubbish heap

on the riverbank

in an alleyway
22 Which al-Qaeda leader were the Americans trying to catch in Pakistan?
Osama bin Laden

Abu Ahmed

Qaddafi

Saddam Hussein
23 What was the proper title for the Islamic scholar who attempted to have the Kushal School closed?
nufti

mufti

lofti

mofti
24 What Islamic concept dictates that women must remain out of sight of men?
purdah

mufti

quran

eid
25 Who was the founder of Pakistan?
Jinnah

Zia

Musharraf

Gandhi

Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in the Swat Valley region of Pakistan to a Pashtun family of Sunni Muslim. Her father founded the school she attended during her youth.

Asked by Emily A #1386784

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/1/2025 6:49 PM