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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What editor of the feminist magazine "Opzij" did Ayaan contact to discuss how to raise funds from the government for protection after she began getting threats?
(a) Michel Onfray.
(b) Salman Rushdie.
(c) Rita Verdonk.
(d) Cisca Dresselhuys.

2. What was the name of Ayaan's first Dutch boyfriend in Chapter 13, "Leiden"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Edmund.
(c) Hans.
(d) Marco.

3. Hirsi Magan Isse was a part of Somalia's political elite and a leader in what earliest and most influential factions in the Somali Civil War?
(a) The Somali Salvation Democratic Front.
(b) The Democratic Allegiance of Somalia.
(c) The Justice Party of Somalia.
(d) The Somali Freedom Movement.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What British Indian novelist and essayist wrote the book "The Satanic Verses"?

2. What country was Ayaan's family unable to enter after being deported from Saudi Arabia in Chapter 3, "Playing Tag in Allah's Palace"?

3. Food permissible for Muslims is known as what?

4. Where did Osman Moussa tell Ayaan to return in Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders"?

5. In Chapter 11, "A Trial by the Elders," Ayaan began receiving her refugee allowances, and took language classes to start learning what language?

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