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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Ayaan Hirsi Ali elected a member of the House of Representatives?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2007.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2003.

2. When was Ayaan Hirsi Ali born?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1981.

3. Who ripped up the marriage certificate to Ayaan's secret marriage to her cousin in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Mahad Magen.
(b) Osman Moussa.
(c) Haweya Magen.
(d) Hirsi Magen Isse.

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

5. Where did the film produced by Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali air?
(a) Japanese television.
(b) American television.
(c) British television.
(d) Dutch television.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" begin?

2. What is the name of Ayaan's grandmother whom she describes in Chapter One?

3. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was very religious and wore the veil?

4. Where did Ayaan arrive with her mother, brother and sister and become stranded at the airport in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

5. Who was Hirsi Megan's first wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the living situation described when the war broke out in Chapter 8, "Refugees"?

2. To whom does the author dedicate the book in the Introduction?

3. Who is the protagonist of "Infidel"? How is the narrative style established in the Introduction?

4. How is the physical abuse the author withstood described in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"?

5. How is the marriage of Ayaan's grandmother described in Chapter 1, "Bloodlines"?

6. Where did Ayaan's family move in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"? How was their arrival described?

7. Whose death is described in the Introduction to "Infidel"? What film did this individual make with the author?

8. Who wrote a letter to Ayaan in Chapter 8, "Refugees"? What did Ayaan respond?

9. Where was Ayaan's family living in Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki"? How is this period described?

10. What is foreshadowed in the author's discussion of government in Chapter 4, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?

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