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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ayaan's mother force her to tell her father the truth about in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) Her second marraige.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her first marriage.

2. In Chapter 13, "Leiden," Haweya became more religious due to her guilt over what?
(a) The death of her father.
(b) Having had abortions.
(c) Getting a divorce.
(d) The Kenyan revolution.

3. What caused Ayaan's mother to become even more hostile toward others in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) She had an abortion.
(b) She lost a child in stillbirth.
(c) She had an affair.
(d) She got divorced.

4. In what year was Ayaan's family deported from Saudi Arabia immediately in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1988.

5. What is the capital of Somalia?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Riyadh.
(c) Mogadishu.
(d) Cairo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In January of what year did Ayaan learn her sister had died in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?

2. What refers to a Somali gathering of elders to discuss and decide on an important matter?

3. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

4. What is the term referring to the pilgrimage to Mecca that is obligatory upon all able Muslims?

5. Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace" starts with the family moving where?

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