Question

3. Why had Malala started taking the bus?​

Answer 1

Answer:

3. Why had Malala started taking the bus?

Explanation:

When the converted truck that served as Shazia Ramzan’s school bus came to a sudden stop just after noon on Tuesday, Oct. 9, she didn’t think much of it. Traffic often clogged the narrow streets of Mingora, the mountain-fringed capital of Pakistan’s Swat district, and such stops were frequent. Fourteen girls and three teachers crammed on the parallel benches that ran the length of the truck bed, and the thick plastic sheeting that protected them from the elements had no windows. The only way to see out was through the open back. Shazia, a 13-year-old eighth grader who was sitting two in from the opening, glanced out. She was startled, then horrified, to see a masked man swing himself onto the back of the truck. “Which one is Malala?” he barked. Terrified, the girls fell silent. Malala Yousafzai was their 15-year-old schoolmate, a well-known children’s rights advocate who frequently challenged the Pakistani Taliban’s stance against girls education. She was sitting to Shazia’s right. “I think we must have looked at her,” admits Shazia. “We didn’t say anything, but we must have looked, because then he shot her. He shot her in the head.” Shazia screamed when she saw Malala slump forward. The gunman turned and shot Shazia twice, just below her left collarbone, and in her left hand when she tried to protect herself. Then he aimed his Chinese-made imitation Colt 45 at Kainat Riaz, the 16-year-old 10th grader sitting to Shazia’s left. He shot her in the shoulder, then dropped off the back of the truck and disappeared.

Answer 2

Malala start taking the bus to school this past year because her mother was scared of her walking by herself because her family had been receiving threats through rumors, newspapers, and notes. Tor Pekai, Malala's mother was afraid that the Taliban would come after her.