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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. It was January of what year when Ayaan's father told her she was to marry a distant relative in Chapter 9, "Abeh"?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1988.

2. When Ayaan filled out her official paperwork for refugee status, she changed her name from Ayaan Hirsi Megan to what?
(a) Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
(b) Ayaan Hirsi Farah.
(c) Ayaan Hirsi Isse.
(d) Ayaan Hirsi Moussa.

3. 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?
(a) Mogadishu.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Jeddah.
(d) Riyadh.

4. When was Hirsi Magan Isse born?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1944.

5. What was the name of Ayaan's half-sister through her father who was very religious and wore the veil?
(a) Ijaabo.
(b) Jawahir.
(c) Arro.
(d) Ijaabo.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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?

5. Ayaan was determined to escape and so she went to visit what person whom she helped rescue and bring into Kenya from the border of Somalia in Chapter 10, "Running Away"?

(see the answer key)

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