(Freedom Fighters: Viewpoint in an Article about Malala Yousafzai)

Read the excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala." "Ziauddin had a revolutionary zeal and deep commitment to education," Ellick said this week. "This charming little girl, she is a mini-version of him in many ways. She loves school, homework. Whenever she would meet me she had a bookbag full of books." "She didn't have that idealistic activist attitude when she's 10 and 11, because who does?" Ellick said. "Her situation demanded that she grow up before she should have. She caught his contagious commitment and idealism." Which detail best reflects how living in the Taliban-ruled Swat Valley affected Malala?

"Her situation demanded that she grow up before she should have."

Which excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala" shows that Malala received worldwide attention for her writing?

"In 2010 she met with U.S. Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke."

Which excerpt from the article "Pakistan's Malala" best describes Malala's relationship with her father?

"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." 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?

"My father said that he smiled, but could not even say that it was written by his daughter."

Which detail from "Pakistan's Malala" best expresses how the setting influenced the residents of Swat Valley?

"Parents kept their daughters home to protect them."

Which excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala" helps explain how setting shaped Malala's father's point of view?

"Yousufzai grew up in the Swat area with little access to educational resources. . . ."

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?

"[H]er father, who was operating one of the few schools that would go on to defy that order."

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 began believing that she was stronger than the things that scared her."

Which statement best describes the author Ashley Fantz's view of Malala in "Pakistan's Malala"?

She admires Malala's courage and strength.

Read the excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala." Malala looks the same today at 14, as she did at 11, like a child. But with each interview she gave to Pakistani and international reporters between 2009 and 2012, she sounded more like an adult. Based on this excerpt, how did the interviews effect Malala?

She became older sounding and acting.

Read the excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala." Why do you risk your life to raise your voice? a reporter asked her. In perfect English, she answered that her people need her. "I shall raise my voice," she insisted. "If I didn't do it, who would?" she said. Girls who are scared should fight their fear, she said. Which statement best explains Malala's viewpoint in this excerpt?

She believes that she has a responsibility to stand up for the right to an education.

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.

Read the excerpt from "Pakistan's Malala." "I was in a bad mood," Malala blogged. Vacation was normally fun but no one was in the mood to celebrate. 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. Which statement best describes Malala's viewpoint?

She was disappointed, because her school was likely closed permanently.