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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for what country?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Russia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Ethiopia.

2. What does the SSDF stand for?
(a) The Somali Sudanese Democratic Front.
(b) The Student's Salvation Democratic Front.
(c) The Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
(d) The Sudanese Salvation Demographic Front.

3. When was Ayaan Hirsi Ali named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2005.

4. When did Theo van Gogh die?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1993.

5. What is the moral code and religious law of Islam?
(a) Sharia Law.
(b) Kosher Law.
(c) Halal Law.
(d) Muslim Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?

2. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," the story focuses on Ayaan's early childhood memories growing up where with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister?

3. In Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives," Ayaan attends school with whom?

4. In Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," Mahad goes back where and the three women move into a house with a distant relative?

5. What is the name of Ayaan's mother in the book?

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