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The school was founded by my father before I was born, and on the wall above us, "Khushal School" was painted proudly in red and white letters. We went to school six mornings a week, and as I was in Year 9, my classes were spent chanting chemical equations or studying Urdu grammar, writing stories in English with morals like "Haste makes waste" or drawing diagrams of blood circulation-most of my classmates wanted to be doctors. It's hard to imagine that anyone would see that as a threat. Yet outside the school lay not only the noise and craziness of Mingora, the main city of the province of Swat, but also those, like the Taliban, who think girls should not go to school. Because it was exam time, school started at 9 instead of 8 that morning, which was good, as I don't like getting up and can sleep

through the crows of the roosters and the prayer calls of the muezzin.


Which sentence from the passage demonstrates the theme of the excerpt?


A. We went to school six mornings a week, and as I was in Year 9, my classes were spent chanting chemical equations or studying Urdu grammar...

B. ...but also those, like the Taliban, who think girls should not go to school.

C. It's hard to imagine that anyone would see that as a threat.

D. Because it was exam time, school started at 9 instead of 8 that morning, which was good, as I don't like getting up and can sleep through the crows of the roosters and the prayer calls of the muezzin.

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B

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