Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.

1 a bullet
2 to stand up to
3 intensive care
4 daring
5 to ask someone on a date
6 mightier
7 to forgive
8 deprived

a. to defend
b. more powerful than
c. to not blame or be angry with someone
d. a small metal object that is shot from a gun
e. brave enough to do dangerous things
f. not having things that are necessary
g. make an arrangement with someone to go somewhere
h. a section of a hospital for people who are very seriously ill or injured and need special medical care

Choose the best answer to these questions.



1. Malala was shot in the head because ...
a. she suggested that girls should go to school.
b. she suggested that girls and boys should go to the same school.
c. she suggested that girls shouldn't go to school.

2. Malala's younger brother thinks she is ...
a. still a little bit young.
b. still a little bit pretty.
c. still a little bit naughty.

3. Malala believes that if she had an ordinary mother and father she would be ...
a. married with two children at seventeen.
b. going to school with other children.
c. single with two children.

4. Malala believes ...
a. that women are less powerful than men.
b. that women are more powerful than men.
c. that men are more powerful than women.

5. Malala's younger brother likes ...
a. Roger Federer's clothes.
b. Roger Federer's haircut.
c. Roger Federer's tennis racket.

6. When Malala thinks of home, she thinks of ...
a. clean streets, the ocean and her friends.
b. dirty streets, the ocean and her friends.
c. dirty streets, the river and her friends.

7. Malala's father named her after ...
a. a girl that was shot in the head.
b. a girl who spoke out and was killed.
c. a girl who was a little bit naughty.

8. Malala believes that ...
a. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
b. one girl, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
c. one child, one parent, one book and one pen can change the world.