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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the age of 10, Ayaan had lived in how many different countries with governments she does not believe were successful?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. To what country did Ayaan's family move after leaving Ethiopia in Chapter Four, "Weeping Orphans and Widowed Wives"?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Canada.

4. In Chapter Two, "Under the Talal Tree," Ayaan and her sister continued to play and annoy the adults to such an extent that they decided to do what?
(a) Marry them off.
(b) Put them in school.
(c) Send them to live with their grandparents.
(d) Send them to a convent.

5. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Iran.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Sudan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before leaving the country in Chapter 9, "Abeh," Ayaan's mother overheard her and Haweya discussing plans for Ayaan to do what?

2. Chapter 5, "Secret Rendezvous, Sex, and the Scent of Sukumawiki" details Ayaan's years growing up where?

3. It was January of what year when Ayaan's father told her she was to marry a distant relative in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?

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

5. What non-Muslim country did Ayaan's family gain entrance into after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

(see the answer key)

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