Which excerpt from the article “Pakistan’s Malala” best describes Malala’s relationship with her father? “He knew it meant his daughter's education would come to an end.”
“He knew he would have to close one of the private schools he ran for girls.”
“In January 2009, Malala and her father sat in their living room drinking tea and eating beef and curry stew.”
“In the family's living room in 2009, Yousufzai lovingly put his palm atop his daughter's head.”
Read the excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala.”

But this was not how Malala decided she would live. With the encouragement of her father, she began believing that she was stronger than the things that scared her.

"The Taliban have repeatedly targeted schools in Swat," she wrote in an extraordinary blog when she was empowered to share her voice with the world by the BBC.

She was writing around the time the Taliban issued a formal edict in January 2009 banning all girls from schools. On the blog, she praised her father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order.

Which sentence best expresses Malala’s viewpoint?

“[S]he was empowered to share her voice with the world by the BBC.”
“The Taliban have repeatedly targeted schools in Swat,” she wrote. . . .
“She was writing around the time the Taliban issued a formal edict. . . .”
“[S]he began believing that she was stronger than the things that scared her.”
Read the excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala.”

On the blog, she praised her father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order.

"My father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary saying how wonderful it was," Malala wrote. "My father said that he smiled, but could not even say that it was written by his daughter."

Now that active and imaginative mind could be gone.

Which sentence best reflects Ziauddin Yousufzai’s view of his daughter’s writing?

“On the blog, she praised her father, who was operating one of the few schools. . . .”
“My father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary saying how wonderful it was,” Malala wrote.
"My father said that he smiled, but could not even say that it was written by his daughter."
“Now that active and imaginative mind could be gone.”
Read the excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala.”

But what do you do when you're 11? You go to the playground and you play, so that's what they did.

Some of the girls said they thought everything would work out. They'd be back, they said.

Malala wanted to be hopeful, too. But before she left, she turned around and took one long look at the building.

Malala was right about the edict and what it meant.

After January 2009, she was forced to stay at home and read books, Ellick said.
Eventually she was moved around the country where she attended ad-hoc schools.

How did the setting of Malala’s education change after the Taliban took over Swat Valley?

She had to read at home or attend school in secret locations.
She joined other children at the playground to read and study.
She stopped trying to pursue an education in any way.
She continued to attend the same school she had before.
Read the excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala.”

"The Taliban have repeatedly targeted schools in Swat," she wrote in an extraordinary blog when she was empowered to share her voice with the world by the BBC.

She was writing around the time the Taliban issued a formal edict in January 2009 banning all girls from schools. On the blog, she praised her father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order.

"My father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary saying how wonderful it was," Malala wrote. "My father said that he smiled, but could not even say that it was written by his daughter."

Which excerpt best shows the relationship between the setting and Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousufzai?

“"My father said that some days ago someone brought the printout of this diary. . . .”
“She was writing around the time the Taliban issued a formal edict. . . .”
“[H]er father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order.”
“[S]he was empowered to share her voice with the world by the BBC.”