Read the excerpt from "Pakistan’s Malala.”In 2010 she met with U.S. Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke.Ellick remembers being with Malala in a coffee shop after the meeting."She said, 'I want to get ice cream . . . I love vanilla ice cream,'" Ellick recalled. "Here is this girl that can go from being at a negotiating table, a high-level diplomatic meeting, but she also wanted ice cream."Ellick remembered another time when they were out shopping in Islamabad, having fun and hunting for English language books and DVDs."I was disappointed that she wanted some trashy American sitcoms," Ellick laughs. "I kept telling myself, 'I know you want her to want to watch a documentary about Sierra Leone but she is just a girl.'"Which statement best describes reporter Adam Ellick’s viewpoint?
Which excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala” helps explain how setting shaped Malala’s father’s point of view?
Which statement best describes the author Ashley Fantz’s view of Malala in “Pakistan’s Malala”?
Which detail from “Pakistan’s Malala” best expresses how the setting influenced the residents of Swat Valley?
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?
Which excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala” shows that Malala received worldwide attention for her writing?
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?
Which excerpt from the article “Pakistan’s Malala” best describes Malala’s relationship with her father?
Which excerpt from “Pakistan’s Malala” shows Malala’s viewpoint?
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?
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