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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clan leader does Ayaan go to in order to gain permission to return to Somalia in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Farah Goure.
(b) Mohammed Bouyeri.
(c) Theo van Gogh.
(d) Osman Moussa.

2. Where did Ayaan's father return in the beginning of Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Jeddah.
(b) Matabaan.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Mogadishu.

3. What film did Theo van Gogh produce along with Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
(a) 20/60.
(b) Submission.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Infidel.

4. Who was not pleased with the return of Ayaan's father and refused to speak to him in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Asha Artan.
(b) Haweya.
(c) Mahad.
(d) Ayeeyo.

5. What is the first western country which Ayaan traveled to while waiting for her visa to Canada?
(a) Holland.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

6. Who in Ayaan's family rebels against all of the Islamic rules in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance"?
(a) Haweya Magen.
(b) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(c) Mahad Magen.
(d) Asha Artan.

7. Ayaan experiences her first kiss in Chapter 6, "Doubt and Defiance," but knows it is doomed, as he is from where?
(a) Finland.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Germany.
(d) Sudan.

8. Where was it decided that Ayaan would go to await a visa to accompany her new husband in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

9. In Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace," Ayaan's father had rushed off to join a coup against what?
(a) The Balinese government.
(b) The French government.
(c) The Somali government.
(d) The Sudanese government.

10. What term is used in the text to refer to a dutiful wife to her husband?
(a) Miye.
(b) Baarri.
(c) Fatwa.
(d) Hijab.

11. What is the name of Ayaan's brother in the narrative?
(a) Mahad Magen.
(b) Farah Goure.
(c) Hirsi Magen Isse.
(d) Ahmed Magen.

12. How many years did Ayaan live in Kenya growing up?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

13. What is the name of Ayaan's sister in "Infidel"?
(a) Ayeeyo Magen.
(b) Haweya Magen.
(c) Asha Artan.
(d) Khadija Magen.

14. Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" starts with the family moving where?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Sudan.

15. Chapter 7, "Disillusion and Deceit" describes what length of time in which Ayaan lived in Somalia?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Somalia?

2. What did Ayaan's mother force her to tell her father the truth about in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

3. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

4. When was Theo van Gogh born?

5. Where did the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali air?

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